| Description |
xii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Science and its conceptual foundations |
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Science and its conceptual foundations.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Galileo, courtier : the practice of science in the culture of absolutism / Mario Biagioli. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- 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 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Knowledge Science, Science History, Despotism |
| Analysis |
Science History |
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Science History |
| Notes |
Index: p. 393-402 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-391) and index |
| Subject |
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Knowledge -- Science
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Despotism.
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Science -- History.
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| LC no. |
92033736 |
| ISBN |
0226045595 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226045609 (paperback) |
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