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GALILEO, COURTIER
PRACTICE OF SCIENCE IN THE CULTURE OF ABSOLUTISM |
| By: |
Mario Biagioli |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£41.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226045595 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226045597 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 1993 |
| Edition: |
2nd |
| Series: |
Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
An examination of Galileo's career, and the influence of the Italian court on his career, ideas and research. |
| Synopsis: |
Informed by currents in sociology, cultural anthropology, and literary theory, Galileo, Courtier is neither a biography nor a conventional history of science. 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. Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science--the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions. Galileo, Courtier is a fascinating cultural and social history of science highlighting the workings of power, patronage, and credibility in the development of science. |
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10 halftones, 4 line drawings |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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