Simon Marius and His Research

Simon Marius and His Research edited by Hans Gaab, Pierre Leich.

The margravial court astronomer Simon Marius, was involved in all of the new observations made with the recently invented telescope in the early part of the seventeenth century. He also discovered the Moons of Jupiter in January 1610, but lost the priority dispute with Galileo Galilei, because he mi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gaab, Hans (Editor), Leich, Pierre (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Physics.
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Solar system.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • The World of Jupiter, English Translation of Mundus Iovialis
  • Concerning the Biography of Simon Marius
  • Hans Philip Fuchs von Bimbach (c. 1567–1626), Patron of Simon Marius
  • Georg Caesius as Appointed Court Astronomer of the Margrave Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  • Simon Marius’s Mundus Iovialis and the Discovery of the Moons of Jupiter
  • Simon Marius’s Reports on the Comets of 1596 and 1618, in the Context of the Comet Research of his Times
  • Sunspot Observations by Simon Marius 1611 to 1619
  • An Astronomer Too Excellent: Simon Marius, the Telescope, and the Problem of the Stars during the Copernican Revolution
  • In the Turmoil of the Early 17th-century Cosmology Debate – Simon Marius as a Supporter of the Tychonic System
  • Simon Marius as a Calendar Writer
  • Simon Marius as a Tychonic Calendar Maker
  • Simon Marius – Tabulae Directionum Novae – A first Approach
  • Translating the Mundus Iovialis into German
  • Prickard’s English Translation of Mundus Iovialis, Completed
  • Priority, Reception and Rehabilitation of Simon Marius – From the Accusation of Plagiarism to the Marius Portal as his Virtual Collected Works
  • A Word of Caution about the ‘Rehabilitation’ of Simon Marius
  • The Marius Portal – Simon Marius as Digital Human in the 21st centrury
  • The Franconian Asteroid 7984 Marius
  • A Model of our Solar System on a Scale of 1 : 50 Billion
  • “Sun, Moon and Marius” – An Exhibition with Pictures from the Art School “Obraz” in Protwino (Russia)
  • Simon Marius – Works
  • The Life and Work of Simon Marius at a Glance
  • About the Authors.

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