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_bHEI 2010
100 1 _aHeilbron, J. L.
245 1 0 _aGalileo /
_cJ. L. Heilbron.
260 _aOxford [England] ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2010.
300 _axiv, 508 p. [16] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 389-491) and index.
505 0 _aA 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?
520 _aHeilbron 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.
600 1 0 _aGalilei, Galileo,
_d1564-1642.
600 1 7 _aGalilei, Galileo,
_d1564-1642.
650 0 _aAstronomers
_zItaly
_vBiography.
650 0 _aScientists
_zItaly
_vBiography.
650 7 _aAstronomers
_zItaly
_vBiography.
650 7 _aScientists
_zItaly
_vBiography.
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