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Galileo, courtier : the practice of science in the culture of absolutism

Author:Mario Biagioli

Summary:An examination of Galileo's career, and the influence of the Italian court on his career, ideas and research.

Print Book, English, 1993

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1993

Series:

Science and its conceptual foundations

Genre:History

Physical Description:xii, 402 s. : illustrations.

ISBN:

9780226045597, 9780226045603, 0226045595, 0226045609

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:185632037

Subjects:

Cosimo II. Toskana, Großherzog 1590-1621

Galilei, Galileo

Galilei, Galileo 1564-1642

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Knowledge Science

Höfische Kultur

Politische Betätigung

Science History

Sciences Histoire

Wissenschaftspolitik

Contents:

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: Court Culture and the Legitimation of Science 1: Galileo's Self-fashioning 2: Discoveries and Etiquette 3: Anatomy of a Court Dispute 4: The Anthropology of Incommensurability Intermezzo: Roma Theatrum Mundi 5: Courtly Comets 6: Framing Galileo's Trial Epilogue: From Patronage to Academies: A Hypothesis References Index