Institutio astronomica
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Institutio astronomica is a 17th-century introductory astronomy textbook by Pierre Gassendi that helped popularize and systematize contemporary astronomical knowledge in a humanist, educational format.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Institutio astronomica canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
17th-century book
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astronomy textbook ⓘ scientific work ⓘ |
| aim |
to popularize contemporary astronomical knowledge
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to systematize astronomical concepts for teaching ⓘ |
| author | Pierre Gassendi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
celestial spheres
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cosmological systems ⓘ fixed stars ⓘ planetary motions ⓘ |
| educationalApproach | humanist ⓘ |
| educationalLevel | university-level ⓘ |
| era | Scientific Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | introductory textbook ⓘ |
| hasPart | Institutio astronomica, geometrica, et physica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped disseminate new astronomical ideas in a scholastic context ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galileo Galilei
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Johannes Kepler NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolaus Copernicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tycho Brahe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
students
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teachers of astronomy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject | astronomy ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Gassendi’s empirical and atomistic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Lyon publishers ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Pierre Gassendi’s philosophical writings ⓘ |
| structure | didactic treatise ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early modern astronomy ⓘ |
| usedIn | early modern university curricula ⓘ |
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