Rodolfo Garau

Between astronomy and politics: the Petit–Morin polemic over the solar eclipse of 8 April 1652

This article reconstructs a polemic between Pierre Petit and Jean-Baptiste Morin over the eclipse of 8 April 1652. It argues that it constituted an indirect extension of the campaign waged by Gassendi and his circle against Morin and judicial astrology. It further contends that t...