History of Astronomy : Acta Historica Astronomiae


Reinhard E. Schielicke, Klaus-Dieter Herbst, Stefan Kratochwil (Hrsg.):

Erhard Weigel - 1625 bis 1699

Barocker Erzvater der deutschen Frühaufklärung

Beiträge des Kolloquium anläßlich seines 300. Todestages am 20. März 1999 in Jena

[Erhard Weigel - 1625 to 1699. Baroque patriarch of the early German Enlightenment. Proceedings of the colloquium held in Jena on March 20, 1999, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his death]

(Acta Historica Astronomiae ; Vol. 7)


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Titelseite Erhard Weigel was Professor of Mathematics at Jena University between 1653 and 1699. He has got a place in the history of science thanks to his mathematical and astronomical knowledge, which he was able to demonstrate also in popular forms, his numerous inventions, his pedagogical enterprises, as well as his engagement for the Gregorian reform of the calender in the protestantic states, connected with the foundation of a scientific academy.

This volumes contains a review article, followed by seven contributions with latest results of investigations about Weigel, presented at a colloquium held in Jena on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his death.

All texts are in German.

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Bibliographical details:

Reinhard E. Schielicke, Klaus-Dieter Herbst, Stefan Kratochwil (Eds.): Erhard Weigel - 1625 bis 1699 : Barocker Erzvater der deutschen Frühaufklärung. Beiträge des Kolloquiums anläßlich seines 300. Todestages am 20. März 1999 in Jena. (Acta Historica Astronomiae ; 7). Thun ; Frankfurt am Main : Deutsch, 1999, 174 p., ISBN 3-8171-1600-4, 16 ill., 15 x 21 cm, paperback EUR 14.80 / sFr 23.10.

Published in September 1999.

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