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K E P L E R ’ S
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MEASURING SHADOWS
M EAS U R IN G
SHADOWS
kepler’s optics of invisibility
RAZ CHEN-MORRIS
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Chen-Morris, Raz, author.
Measuring shadows : Kepler’s optics of invis-
ibility / Raz Chen-Morris.
pages
cm
Summary: “Focusing on the astronomer
Johannes Kepler’s 1604 treatise on optics,
explores Kepler’s radical break from scientific
and epistemological traditions and shows
how he posited new ways to view scientific
truth and knowledge in the early modern
period”—Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-271-07098-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Kepler, Johannes, 1571–1630. Ad
Vitellionem paralipomena quibus astrono-
miae pars optica traditur.
2. Geometrical optics—History.
3. Science, Renaissance.
4. Science—Philosophy—History—17th
century.
I. Title.
QC380.K4633 2016
535’.32—dc23
2015030525
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