Galileo
By: J. L. Heilbron
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780199583522
Subjects: Astronomers; Biography; Scientists
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-491) and index.
Table of contents: title: A Florentine education. Upbringing ; Gap years ; Character analysis; title: A Tuscan Archimedes. Hell and mathematics ; Barycentric exercises ; De motu ; Galileo at 25; title: Life in the Serenissima. Settling in ; Steady state; title: Galilean science. Reluctant astronomer ; Mover and shaker; title: Calculated risks. Starry message ; Celestial messenger ; More rabbits from the hat ; Family affairs and former friends; title: Miscalculated risks. Freelance exegetes ; Poetical interlude ; Ill omens; title: Vainglory. The Pope ; The knight ; The windmill ; The tilt; title: End games. Dramatis personae ; Winding up ; Last days ; The end of the affair?