This chapter presents the first in-depth analysis of the impact of a network of European astronomers, mathematicians, and natural philosophers upon the development of institutional science in Edinburgh in the 17th century. A series of astronomical theses from 17th-century formal education provide the focus for a detailed introduction to this group, with a critical apparatus of bibliographical, prosopographical, and specialist notes.
European Networks and the Reformation of the University of Edinburgh: Astronomical disputations
Mcomish, David Malcom
2022-01-01
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This chapter presents the first in-depth analysis of the impact of a network of European astronomers, mathematicians, and natural philosophers upon the development of institutional science in Edinburgh in the 17th century. A series of astronomical theses from 17th-century formal education provide the focus for a detailed introduction to this group, with a critical apparatus of bibliographical, prosopographical, and specialist notes.
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