Galileo, Courtier

Galileo, Courtier The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780226045603
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Imprint: The University of Chicago Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 509.409032
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xii, 402
Weight: 556g
Height: 229mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 23mm