Galileo, Courtier
Subtitle: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: November 1, 1994
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780226045603
First sentence: WRITING TO BELISARIO VINTA in May 1610 about the possibility of a position at the Medici court, Galileo apologized for taking up the time of such a high-ranking official for a matter that might seem of little consequence to him.