Module: Modelle des Kosmos: Modelle des Himmels
Sequence: 1.0. Modelle des Himmels
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens
Sequence: 1.1. 13300_Objektfolge
Slide: Armillary Sphere
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Sequence: 2.0. Hauptobjekt_13050_0600_Sendtner_Deep
Slide: The Cosmos as a Mechanism
Slide: The Cosmos as a Mechanism: Sendtner-Planetarium
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Sequence: 1.2. Ebene-2 Instrumente
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens. Instruments
Sequence: 1.2.2. Objekt 13300_1864: Armillarsphaere_Deep
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Sequence: 1.2.1. Objekt 13300_1361: Tellurium_Deep
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Sequence: 1.2.3. Objekt 13300_2728: Herschels Planetarium_Deep
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Sequence: 3.0. Celestia
Slide: The Cosmos as Electronic Simulation
Sequence: 1.3. Ebene_2_buecher
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens. Books and Leaflets
Sequence: 1.3.1. Objekt 13300_1164: Galileis Dialogo_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.2. Objekt 13300_1394: Extatischer Himmelspfad_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.3. Objekt 13300_1725: Harmonie des Makrokosmos_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.4. Objekt 13300_1730: Die Welt als Maschine_Deep
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The World as a Machine
René Descartes: Principia philosophiae, Amsterdam 1644

After Galileo’s condemnation, Descartes publishes his mechanistic theory of the cosmos only with reluctance. Space is filled with matter, and this matter is set in motion by force and impact. The total quantity of motion remains eternally constant.


René Descartes, Prinicipia philosophiae

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