num_pages: 416
description: Informed by currents in sociology, cultural anthropology, and literary theory, Galileo, Courtier is neither a biography nor a conventional history of science. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science—the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions.Galileo, Courtier is a fascinating cultural and social history of science highlighting the workings of power, patronage, and credibility in the development of science.
language: English
title: Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism
titlecomplete: Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
characters: Galileo Galilei
genres: Academic, History Of Science, Biography, Science, European History, Italian Literature, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 100
publisher: University of Chicago Press