Galileo /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heilbron, J. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Astronomers > Italy > Biography.
Scientists > Italy > Biography.
Astronomes > Italie > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Astronomers.
Scientists.
Italy.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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