Galileo's muse
Subtitle: Renaissance mathematics and the arts
By: Mark A. Peterson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780674059726
Subjects: Mathematics; Renaissance Arts; Science and the arts; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Galileo, humanist; title: The classical legacy; title: Poetry; title: The plan of heaven; title: The vision of God; title: Painting; title: The power of the lines; title: The skin of the lion; title: Music; title: The Orphic mystery; title: Kepler and the music of the spheres; title: Architecture; title: Figure and form; title: The dimensions of hell; title: Mathematics old and new; title: Transforming mathematics; title: The oration.