“Whether the sixteenth century astronomer confronted materials derived from the fourth century B.C. or freshly composed in the fourteenth century A.D., or whether he was more! receptive to scholastic or humanist currents of thoughts, seems of less significance in this particular connection than the fact that all manners of diverse materials were being seen in the course of one life time by one pair of eyes. For Copernicus as for Tycho, the result was heightened awareness and dissatisfaction with discrepancies in the inherent data” ScienceMediaRepresentation Book:The Printing Press as an Agent of Change : Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe; Volumes I and II Source: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change : Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe; Volumes I and II