Galileo's muse : Renaissance mathematics and the arts / Mark A. Peterson.

  • Peterson, Mark A., 1946-
Date:
2011
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

Physical description

vi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents

Galileo, humanist -- The classical legacy -- Poetry -- The plan of heaven -- The vision of God -- Painting -- The power of the lines -- The skin of the lion -- Music -- The Orphic mystery -- Kepler and the music of the spheres -- Architecture -- Figure and form -- The dimensions of hell -- Mathematics old and new -- Transforming mathematics -- The oration.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780674059726
  • 0674059727