Galileo, courtier : the practice of science in the culture of absolutism / Mario Biagioli.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago [etc.] : The university of Chicago press, 1993.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 402 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Serie:
Science and its conceptual foundations
Contiene:
Indice: Contents. 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. Framinf Galileo's trial. Epilogue: From patronage to academies: a hypothesis. References. Index
