Galileo

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0199583528 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9780199583522 (acid-free paper)
Physical Description: xiv, 508 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

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

Formatted Contents Note:

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?