Galileo / J. L. Heilbron.

  • Heilbron, J. L.
Date:
2010
  • Books

About this work

Description

Heilbron takes in the landscape of culture, learning, religion, science, theology, and politics of late Renaissance Italy to produce a richer and more rounded view of Galileo, his scientific thinking, and the company he kept.

Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Physical description

xiv, 508 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Contributors

Contents

A Florentine education. Upbringing ; Gap years ; Character analysis -- A Tuscan Archimedes. Hell and mathematics ; Barycentric exercises ; De motu ; Galileo at 25 -- Life in the Serenissima. Settling in ; Steady state -- Galilean science. Reluctant astronomer ; Mover and shaker -- Calculated risks. Starry message ; Celestial messenger ; More rabbits from the hat ; Family affairs and former friends -- Miscalculated risks. Freelance exegetes ; Poetical interlude ; Ill omens -- Vainglory. The Pope ; The knight ; The windmill ; The tilt -- End games. Dramatis personae ; Winding up ; Last days ; The end of the affair?

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-491) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Galileo)
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780199583522
  • 0199583528