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The star which became visible in 1572 in the constellation of Cassiopeia (identified by twentieth-century astronomers as a Type I supernova), and the works and polemics to which it gave rise, marked an important stage in the abandonment of Aristotelian and medieval cosmology and their replacement by the idea of the infinite—or indefinite—universe of modern physics and astronomy.
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This work has been partially financed by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, HUM 2006-13011-(02-01). I thank Patrick Boner for his excellent work as editor.
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Navarro Brotóns, V. (2011). Continuity and Change in Cosmological Ideas in Spain Between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: The Impact of Celestial Novelties. In: Boner, P. (eds) Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology. Archimedes, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0037-6_3
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