Genuth Schechner (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Revised ed. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Description: A scholarly history examining the interaction between cometary astronomy, popular beliefs, religion, politics, astrology, and the development of modern cosmology. Sara J. Schechner traces changing interpretations of comets from ominous divine portents to subjects of mathematical and physical investigation. The study explores how traditional ideas about comets influenced—and were absorbed into—the scientific work of figures including Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley. Illustrated throughout, with extensive notes, bibliography, and index. 384 pages. Detailed Condition: Very Good condition. Illustrated wrappers show light rubbing, minor scratches, and modest edge and corner wear. Slight curling and bumping are present at the cover corners. Spine remains square and uncreased, with clear lettering. Page edges show mild handling wear. Interior appears clean and unmarked, and the binding is firm. No ownership inscription, bookplate, or remainder mark observed. Significance / Collector Appeal: A substantial contribution to the history of astronomy and early modern science. Schechner connects astronomical observation with religion, folklore, political propaganda, and popular culture, making the book useful to readers and scholars in several fields. This copy is the first paperback printing. Shipping and Returns: Carefully packed and shipped by USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping available. Thirty-day returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 4b.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 365 page hardcover with illustrations. Comets and Culture - Science and Popular belief. Food for thought. Dust jacket and book are very good condition. Brief inscription by the author to prior owner on title page. Inscribed by Author(s).…

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Staplebound wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 97-126. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Tools of Teaching and Research: John Prince, the Deerfield Academy, and Educational Reform in the Early Republic by SARA SCHECHNER GENUTH. William Wales; An Anglo-American Microscope, Optician by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Leichtere Gebrauchsspuren. Sara Schechner Genuth: Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1997. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag, 365 Seiten mit Abbildungen; ordentlicher Zustand.

1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiii + 365, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

Condition: Very Good. 1997. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardback. Condition: As New. xvi 365p hardback, fresh dustjacket, many illustrations, excellent copy, as new, no names or stamps Language: English.

Condition: Very Good. 1997. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Quarto. Monochrome illustrations. As new in as new DJ. Pages: xiv, 179.

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Paperback. Condition: New. In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Schechner Genuth delineates the evolution of people's understanding of comets, showing that until the seventeenth century, all members of society dreaded comets as heaven-sent portents of plague, flood, civil disorder, and other calamities. Although these beliefs became spurned as "vulgar superstitions" by the elite before the end of the century, she shows that they were nonetheless absorbed into the science of Newton and Halley, contributing to their theories in subtle yet profound ways. Schechner weaves together many strands of thought: views of comets as signs and causes of social and physical changes; vigilance toward monsters and prodigies as indicators of God's will; Christian eschatology; scientific interpretations of Scripture; astrological prognostication and political propaganda; and celestial mechanics and astrophysics.This exploration of the interplay between high and low beliefs about nature leads to the conclusion that popular and long-held views of comets as divine signs were not overturned by astronomical discoveries. Indeed, they became part of the foundation on which modern cosmology was built.…

Condition: Gut. Ill. 365 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Very good and clean. - Sehr gut und sauber. - In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early- modern science, Sara Schechner Genuth presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Schechner Genuth de- lineates the evolution of peoples understanding of comets, showing that until the seventeenth century, all members of society dreaded comets as heaven-sent portents of plague, flood, civil disorder, and other calamities. Although these beliefs became spurned as vulgar superstitions by the elite before the end of the century, she shows that they were nonetheless absorbed into the science of Newton and Halley, contributing to their theories in subtle yet profound ways. 0Schechner Genuth weaves together many strands of thought: views of comets as signs and causes of social and physical changes; vigilance toward monsters and prodigies as indicators of Gods will; Christian eschatology; scientific interpretations of Scripture; astrological prognostication and political propaganda; and celestial mechanics and astrophysics. This exploration of the interplay between high and low beliefs about nature leads to the conclusion that popular and long-held views of comets as divine signs were not overturned by astronomical discoveries. Indeed, they became part of the foundation on which modern cosmology was built. Sara Schechner Genuth is Resident Scholar at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian Institution. For many years the Curator of the History of Astronomy Collection at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, she is Editor of the Adler Planetariums catalog of its scientific instrument collection. ISBN 9780691011509 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 720 Original cloth with dustjacket. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.…

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Condition: Wie neu. 365 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen dokumentarischen Abbildungen. In EXCELLENT shape. (Wir haben zahlreiche Titel in diesem Sachgebiet auf unserer HP.) Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen Handels-Erschwernisse (die neue europäische Verpackungsverordnung mit extremen Gebühren für Händler) kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND erfolgen: Bulgarien, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Griechenland, Irland, Kroatien, Lettland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Slowenien, Ungarn, Zypern. Falls Sie eine Rechnungs- und Lieferadresse in DEUTSCHLAND ermöglichen, kann an diese deutsche Adresse OHNE PROBLEME geliefert werden. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 700 Originalleinen mit Original-Schutzumschlag.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Schechner Genuth delineates the evolution of people's understanding of comets, showing that until the seventeenth century, all members of society dreaded comets as heaven-sent portents of plague, flood, civil disorder, and other calamities. Although these beliefs became spurned as "vulgar superstitions" by the elite before the end of the century, she shows that they were nonetheless absorbed into the science of Newton and Halley, contributing to their theories in subtle yet profound ways. Schechner weaves together many strands of thought: views of comets as signs and causes of social and physical changes; vigilance toward monsters and prodigies as indicators of God's will; Christian eschatology; scientific interpretations of Scripture; astrological prognostication and political propaganda; and celestial mechanics and astrophysics.This exploration of the interplay between high and low beliefs about nature leads to the conclusion that popular and long-held views of comets as divine signs were not overturned by astronomical discoveries. Indeed, they became part of the foundation on which modern cosmology was built.…

32. Condition: Wie neu. 1997. 365 S., 53 Abb., gebunden mit Schutzumschlag, 24 x16 cm A lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science. Itchallenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Sprache: Deutsch. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology | Sara Schechner Genuth | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 1999 | Princeton University Press | EAN 9780691009254 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Schechner Genuth delineates the evolution of people's understanding of comets, showing that until the seventeenth century, all members of society dreaded comets as heaven-sent portents of plague, flood, civil disorder, and other calamities. Although these beliefs became spurned as 'vulgar superstitions' by the elite before the end of the century, she shows that they were nonetheless absorbed into the science of Newton and Halley, contributing to their theories in subtle yet profound ways. Schechner weaves together many strands of thought: views of comets as signs and causes of social and physical changes; vigilance toward monsters and prodigies as indicators of God's will; Christian eschatology; scientific interpretations of Scripture; astrological prognostication and political propaganda; and celestial mechanics and astrophysics. This exploration of the interplay between high and low beliefs about nature leads to the conclusion that popular and long-held views of comets as divine signs were not overturned by astronomical discoveries. Indeed, they became part of the foundation on which modern cosmology was built.…