In the wake of Galileo / Michael Segre ; [foreword by I. Bernard Cohen].
Pubblicazione:
New Brunswick : Rutgers university press, c1991.
Descrizione fisica:
XIX, 192 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Contents. List of illustrations. Foreword / I. Bernard Cohen. Preface and acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Introduction: Galileo's time. 1. Galileo: the public figure 2. Galileo's image through the ages 3. Galileo's followers 4. The indivisibles 5. Torricelli's rationale 6. Viviani's hesitations 7. Patterns of Renaissance biography 8. The Accademia del Cimento. Epilogue: the decline of Italian science. Notes. Bibliography. Index
Redondi, Pietro 1950- Recensione].