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100 1  Moller, Violet,|eauthor.|1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/
       entity/E39PCjwJQYqc96cF9g9RpqCyBd 
245 10 Inside the stargazer's palace :|bthe transformation of 
       science in 16th-century Europe /|cViolet Moller. 
250    First Pegasus Books cloth edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bPegasus Books,|c2025. 
264  4 |c©2025 
300    291 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    "In 1506 a comet appears above Augsburg. As the astronomer
       Johann Virdung explains, it heralds conflict, the 
       destruction of crops and the death of kings. He concludes 
       his theories with a poem. In 1680 Isaac Newton peers at a 
       comet through a telescope for the first time. He 
       calculates its orbit and distance from the Sun. Of its 
       meaning, he says nothing. No poetry ensues. Violet Moller 
       takes us through a centuries-long quest for knowledge of 
       the earth and the heavens. In Louvain, Gerard Mercator 
       engraves globes for the Habsburg Emperor, but only 
       narrowly escapes death for heresy. Tycho Brahe catalogues 
       stars on the island of Hven and keeps up a prospering 
       practice in alchemy. In opulent palaces and bustling 
       workshops, the modern astronomical endeavour is born"--
       Publisher's description. 
650  0 Science|zEurope|y16th century. 
650  0 Astronomy|zEurope|y16th century. 
651  0 Europe|xIntellectual life|y16th century. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
994    C0|bGWV