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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Galluzzi, Paolo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2017]
Series:Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; volume 21
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Cesi, Federico, > 1585-1630.
Science, Renaissance.
Science > Philosophy > History.
Astronomy > History.
Sciences de la Renaissance.
Astronomie > Histoire.
SCIENCE > History.
Astronomy.
Science > Philosophy.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "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.

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