Heveliana 2011–2016
Journal Title: Studia Historiae Scientiarum - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue
Abstract
A number of publications devoted to Jan Heweliusz have been published between 2011 and 2016. On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his birthday celebrated in 2011, four books have been published gathering the conferences and lectures, with a great deal of foreign authors presenting various aspects of the Gdańsk astronomer’s activities and achievements. In 2014, the publishing of Hevelius’s correspondence was initiated with the volume Prologomena. This article critically discusses the mentioned publications, pointing out their advantages and shortcomings. The preliminary study of the volume by Chantal Grell was also published in a Polish translation as a separate book. The author has indeed – more precisely than her predecessors – presented the years of Hevelius’s studies and the network of his correspondents, however overly emphasized his polemics with the French and English scholars. Her final conclusion, qualifying Hevelius as an amateur isolated from the leading currents of the seventeenth century, is contradictory to the evidence of his correspondence, which will be published over the next years.
Authors and Affiliations
Karolina Targosz
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP291745
- DOI 10.4467/2543702XSHS.17.017.7718
- Views 57
- Downloads 0
ZARYS DZIEJÓW MATEMATYKI W SIEDEMDZIESIĘCIOLECIU POLITECHNIKI KRAKOWSKIEJ
Przedmiotem pracy jest historia matematyki w Politechnice Krakowskiej w latach 1945–2015. Zaprezentowano sylwetki wybranych wybitnych matematyków w historii Politechniki Krakowskiej (Mirosław Krzyżański, Jan Bochenek, F...
ON SOME DOCUMENTS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF P.L. KAPITZA RELATED TO THE IMPRISONMENT OF STANISŁAW NATANSON AND PIOTR WERTENSTEIN IN SOVIET LABOUR CAMPS
In 2003, one of the authors of this publication (Stanisław Domoradzki) presented in Moscow a paper on mathematics in Poland in the 19th and the early 20th centuries. In the discussion after the talk, Professor Vladimir D...
A discussion of a book: Ludwik Fleck. Tradycje – Inspiracje – Interpretacje. Edited by Bożena Płonka-Syroka, Paweł Jarnicki, Bogdan Balicki. Wrocław, Wydawnictwo Fundacji „Projekt Nauka”, 2015, ISBN 978-83-63270-14-8, pp. 313.
The article discusses a set of texts dedicated to the Lvovian microbiologist and theorist of science knowledge – Ludwik Fleck. The article presents the main theses of the texts, taking a substantive and sometimes polemic...
EMIL GODLEWSKI SENIOR (1847–1930) PIONIER POLSKIEJ FIZJOLOGII ROŚLIN
KONTAKTY MARII SKŁODOWSKIEJ-CURIE ZE ŚRODOWISKIEM KRAKOWSKIM