Subject: Collegio Romano--History

Galileo and his sources : the heritage of the Collegio Romano in Galileo's science
AuthorWallace, William A.
PlacePrinceton, N.J.
PublisherPrinceton University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
ShelfHallway Cases, Digital Archives
Call NumberQB36.G2 W35 1984
Descriptionxiv, 371 p. ; 25 cm.
NoteGalileo and his sources : the heritage of the collegio romano in Galileo's science / William A. Wallace.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[351]-362) and index.
LC authority record note: "The Pontifical Gregorian University (Pontificia Università gregoriana) had its origins in the Collegium Romanum, founded 1551; gradually became known as the Gregorian Univ.)"

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ISBN069108355X
LCCN84-42556
Orazio Grassi and a 1623 Treatise on the sphere : astronomy and physico-mathematics at the Collegio Romano in the early seventeenth century
AuthorBartel, Kraig J.
PlaceNorman, OK
Publisher---
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis/Dissertation (PDF)
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberQB17.G83 B38 2016d
Descriptionpdf. [vi, 67 l. : color ill. ; 28 cm.]
NoteOrazio Grassi and a 1623 Treatise on the sphere : astronomy and physico-mathematics at the Collegio Romano in the early seventeenth century / by Kraig Bartel.
Thesis (M.A., History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Oklahoma 2016).
Includes bibliographical references.

"The University of Oklahoma History of Science Collections recently acquired a 1623 manuscript which has been attributed to the Jesuit mathematician Orazio Grassi. The first section of the manuscript, entitled “Tractatus de sphaera” or “Treatise on the sphere,” is a fair copy of student notes on spherical astronomy. As such, it is a significant new primary source for understanding the teaching of astronomy at the Collegio Romano in the seventeenth century. Through a physical examination of the manuscript, critical discussion of its subject matter and comparison with other Jesuit writings, this thesis argues that Orazio Grassi was teaching physico-mathematics in his astronomy course at the Jesuit Roman College in 1623 as part of a concerted effort started by Christopher Clavius and institutionalized in Jesuit education. Jesuit educators such as Orazio Grassi were actively introducing novel observations and contemporary discoveries to astronomy students in the early seventeenth century."--Abstract

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