
Hamlet and the Infinite Universe (1997)
Research Penn State – September 01, 1997 https://news.psu.edu/story/140839/1997/09/01/research/hamlet-and-infinite-universe
Shakespeare's Hamlet contains an allegorical description of the competition between cosmological models: the infinite Sun-centered universe of Thomas Digges (c.1546-1595) of England; a hybrid Earth-centered model of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) of Denmark; the time-honored Earth-centered algorithms of the Alexandrian mathematician Claudius Ptolemy (circa 100-170 CE). These models are personified by Prince Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and King Claudius.
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Work Title | Hamlet and the Infinite Universe (1997) |
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License | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) |
Work Type | Research Paper |
Publication Date | September 1, 1997 |
Deposited | July 28, 2019 |