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Posted: 17 Jan 2022

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The frontispiece to Kepler’s Rudolphine tables (1627). The figures, from left to right, are astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, an anonymous ancient observer, Brahe and Ptolemy, each surrounded by symbols of his work. The pillars in the background are made of wood; those in the foreground of brick and marble, symbolizing the progress of astronomy. Astronomical instruments designed by Tycho Brahe serve as decorations. The figures on the cornice symboilize the mathematical sciences, with Urania, the muse of astronomy, in the centre. Kepler’s patron, the Holy Roman emperor Rulodph II, is represented by the Eagle. On the base, from left to right, are Kepler in in study, a map of Brahe’s island of Hven and a printing press
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 Dinesh
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. . . .Kepler gave the printing press a prominent place in the forntispiece to the Rudolphine tables, which celebrated the progress of astronomy from the ancient world to the modern era. We can point to such contemporary witnesses, but in the end we are dealing with a question of scale: 5 million manuscript produced in fifteen-century Europe; 200 million books produced in sixteenth century Europe; 500 million in the seventh century. Even if the book did not have significant advantages over the manuscript, when it comes to illustrations, for example, the increase in the sheer quantity of available information would have been sufficient to generate a major cultural revolution. ~ Page 306
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 Dinesh
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‘Rudolfine Tables
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