Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2012 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Barbosa Neto, Geraldo
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| Orientador(a): |
Mathias, Maria Otilia José Montessanti |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História
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| Departamento: |
História
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| País: |
BR
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Palavras-chave em Inglês: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12769
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Resumo: |
This research aims to elucidate Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515) through his astrological treatises, thinking critically about the image of astronomer and mathematician who historiography attributed to him just in astronomical tables of his Almanach Perpetuum, and looking for to place him in an experimental science that coexisted with the studies of astrology. Among the studies on Zacuto, the predominant theory in which he was part of a joint mathematicians who, under the patronage of Portuguese monarchs, seeking solutions for navigation in the South Atlantic. It relied on Almanach Perpetuum and in their calculations and tabulations of solar motion. There are a large number of folios this treaty that did not support this theory and other works of Zacuto not aroused the interest of researchers. This research fills this gap. The intellectual repertoire of Abraham Zacuto is examined under the assumption that he expresses in his treatises a different knowledge of Portuguese nautical science. The content of his sciencia de la astronomia it covered an ancient natural philosophy, a medical practice mixed with astrology, a cosmology supported by astrological predictions and Kabbalistic literature. There is communication between the studies of Zacuto. Their tables supported the interpretation of earthly phenomena by the stars. An old picture of the universe, adorned by the cabalistic propositions structured it |
