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The Lynx and the telescope.

The association between Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Federico Cesi (1585-1630, founder of the Accademia dei Lincei, or Academy of the Lynxes), and how much their philosophies agreed or were different.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Galluzzi, Paolo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2017]
Colección:Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; volume 21
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The Secret of the Eyeglass"
  • Parallel Convergences?
  • Fluid Heavens
  • Building a Friendship
  • The Copernican System versus Holy Scripture
  • Images of Nature: Book or Theatre?
  • Confronting the New Scenario
  • Relaunching Copernicanism
  • Metamorphosis of a Conjuncture: from 'Marvellous' to 'Unfavourable'
  • From the Heavens to the Bowels of the Earth
  • The Immaculate Conception of the Barberini Bees
  • Plants as Compendium of Nature
  • Epilogue.