TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heilbron,J.L.
TI  - Galileo
SN  - 9780199583522 (acidfree paper)
AV  - QB36.G2 H445 2010
U1  - 520.92 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford [England], New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Galilei, Galileo,
KW  - Astronomers
KW  - Italy
KW  - Biography
KW  - Scientists
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-491) and index; A Florentine education. Upbringing ; Gap years ; Character analysis -- A Tuscan Archimedes. Hell and mathematics ; Barycentric exercises ; De motu ; Galileo at 25 -- Life in the Serenissima. Settling in ; Steady state -- Galilean science. Reluctant astronomer ; Mover and shaker -- Calculated risks. Starry message ; Celestial messenger ; More rabbits from the hat ; Family affairs and former friends -- Miscalculated risks. Freelance exegetes ; Poetical interlude ; Ill omens -- Vainglory. The Pope ; The knight ; The windmill ; The tilt -- End games. Dramatis personae ; Winding up ; Last days ; The end of the affair?
N2  - Heilbron takes in the landscape of culture, learning, religion, science, theology, and politics of late Renaissance Italy to produce a richer and more rounded view of Galileo, his scientific thinking, and the company he kept
ER  -