Galileo
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford [England]
Oxford University Press
2010
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-491) and index 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 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? |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 508 p. [16] p. of plates) |
| ISBN: | 0191612952 0199583528 9780191612954 9780199583522 |