Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism Paperback - 1994
by Mario Biagioli
In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and to its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Now, Mario Biagioli shows how Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science--the questions he examined, his methods, and even his conclusions.
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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. In this fascinating cultural and social history of science, Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science - the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions.
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- Title Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism
- Author Mario Biagioli
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-11-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780226045603 / 0226045609
- Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9.08 x 6.06 x 0.93 in (23.06 x 15.39 x 2.36 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92033736
- Dewey Decimal Code 509.409
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