Mathematical instruments and the Theory of the concave spherical mirror : Galileo's optics beyond art and science / Sven Dupré.
Abstract:
This paper will deal with Galileo's optics prior to his involvement with the telescope. It will be argued that an anachronistic distinction between art and science has obscured the scope and the interconnections of Galileo's optics. The paper will focus on an analysis of the "Theorica specula concavi sphaerici", a less known document in the MS Gal. 83, that always has resisted interpretation, because its connection with Galileo's involvement with a tradition of mathematical and optical instrument designing has not been understood
Nuncius A. 15, fasc. 2 (2000), p. 551-588