Moving Objects, Moved Observers: On the Treatment of the Problem of Relativity in Poetic Texts and Scientific Prose

Argument When Copernicus pointed out that the apparent movement of the sun was in fact the effect of the rotation of the earth, he explained his view by referring to a passage in Virgil's Aeneid. Thus he established the link between science and literature. This topic recurred frequently in both...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science in context 2005-12, Vol.18 (4), p.607-627
1. Verfasser:	Stadler, Ulrich
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Hofmannsthal, Hugo von (1874-1929) Literary criticism Literature Mach, Ernst (1838-1916) Physics Science history
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