Galileo, courtier : the practice of science in the culture of absolutism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biagioli, Mario
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago; London : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Series:Science and its conceptual foundations
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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: Framing Galileo's Trial
  • Epilogue: From Patronage to Academies: A Hypothesis.