Simon Marius and His Research

Foreword.- Preface.- The World of Jupiter, English Translation of Mundus Iovialis.- Concerning the Biography of Simon Marius.- Hans Philip Fuchs von Bimbach (c. 1567-1626), Patron of Simon Marius.- Georg Caesius as Appointed Court Astronomer of the Margrave Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach.- Simon Marius's Mundus Iovialis and the Discovery of the Moons of Jupiter.- Simon Marius's Reports on the Comets of 1596 and 1618, in the Context of the Comet Research of his Times.- Sunspot Observations by Simon Marius 1611 to 1619.- An Astronomer Too Excellent: Simon Marius, the Telescope, and the Problem of the Stars during the Copernican Revolution.- In the Turmoil of the Early 17 ^th -century Cosmology Debate - Simon Marius as a Supporter of the Tychonic System.- Simon Marius as a Calendar Writer.- Simon Marius as a Tychonic Calendar Maker.- Simon Marius - Tabulae Directionum Novae - A first Approach.- Translating the Mundus Iovialis into German.- Prickard's English Translation of Mundus Iovialis , Completed.- Priority, Reception and Rehabilitation of Simon Marius - From the Accusation of Plagiarism to the Marius Portal as his Virtual Collected Works.- A Word of Caution about the 'Rehabilitation' of Simon Marius.- The Marius Portal - Simon Marius as Digital Human in the 21 ^st centrury.- The Franconian Asteroid 7984 Marius.- A Model of our Solar System on a Scale of 1 : 50 Billion.- "Sun, Moon and Marius" - An Exhibition with Pictures from the Art School "Obraz" in Protwino (Russia).- Simon Marius - Works.- The Life and Work of Simon Marius at a Glance.- About the Authors