Michael Scot and the Four Rainbows
We apply a physical and historical analysis to a passage by the medieval scholar Michael Scot concerning multiple rainbows, a meteorological phenomenon whose existence has only been acknowledged in recent history. We survey various types of physical models to best decipher Scot’s description of four...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.historiographyofscience.org/index.php/transversal/article/view/28/43 |