How Long to Read Between Copernicus and Galileo

How Long Does it Take to Read Between Copernicus and Galileo?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 19 minutes to read Between Copernicus and Galileo by James M. Lattis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Between Copernicus and Galileo is the story of Christoph Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer and teacher whose work helped set the standards by which Galileo's famous claims appeared so radical, and whose teachings guided the intellectual and scientific agenda of the Church in the central years of the Scientific Revolution. Though relatively unknown today, Clavius was enormously influential throughout Europe in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries through his astronomy books—the standard texts used in many colleges and universities, and the tools with which Descartes, Gassendi, and Mersenne, among many others, learned their astronomy. James Lattis uses Clavius's own publications as well as archival materials to trace the central role Clavius played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Although Clavius strongly resisted the new cosmologies of Copernicus and Tycho, Galileo's invention of the telescope ultimately eroded the Ptolemaic world view. By tracing Clavius's views from medieval cosmology the seventeenth century, Lattis illuminates the conceptual shift from Ptolemaic to Copernican astronomy and the social, intellectual, and theological impact of the Scientific Revolution.

How long is Between Copernicus and Galileo?

Between Copernicus and Galileo by James M. Lattis is 314 pages long, and a total of 79,756 words.

This makes it 106% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Between Copernicus and Galileo Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 15 minutes to read Between Copernicus and Galileo aloud.

What Reading Level is Between Copernicus and Galileo?

Between Copernicus and Galileo is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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