Galileo, courtier : the practice of science in the culture of absolutism
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Galileo, courtier : the practice of science in the culture of absolutism
（Science and its conceptual foundations）
University of Chicago Press, 1993
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science図書
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-391) and index
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ISBN 9780226045597
Description
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.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: 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 References Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780226045603
Description
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.
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