2010, ISBN: 1280506ce5fc143fc97df88a670e9c98

Oxford, University Press, 508p. Gut Just over four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron… Plus…

Oxford, University Press, 508p. Gut Just over four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope - of the craters of the moon, and the satellites of Jupiter, observations that forced changes to perceptions of the perfection of the heavens and the centrality of the Earth - the appearance of the little book is regarded as one of the greatest moments in the history of science. It was also a point of change in the life of Galileo himself, propelling him from professor to prophet. But this is not the biography of a mathematician. Certainly he spent the first half of his career as a professor of mathematics and has been called 'the divine mathematician'. Yet he was no more (or less) a mathematician than he was a musician, artist, writer, philosopher, or gadgeteer. This fresh lively new biography of the 'father of science' paints a rounded picture of Galileo, and places him firmly within the rich texture of late Renaissance Florence, Pisa, and Padua, amid debates on the merits of Ariosto and Tasso, and the geometry of Dante's Inferno - debates in which the young Galileo played an active role. Galileo's character and career followed complex paths, moving from the creative but cautious humanist professor to a 'knight errant, quixotic and fearless', with increasing enemies, and leading ultimately and inevitably to a clash with a pope who was a former friend.Europäische Geschichte 2010<

ISBN: 1280506ce5fc143fc97df88a670e9c98

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, … Plus…

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Buchschnitt minimalst angeschmutzt, sonst ein sehr gutes Exemplar, inklusive zwei Rezensionen des Buches (TLS & The New York Times Book Review) / binding minimally soiled, otherwise a very good copy, including two reviews of the book (TLS & The New York Times Book Review). - At the age of 45, with the enthusiastic reception of his astronomical observations, published as The Starry Messenger, Galileo the cultivated man of learning, bold but disciplined in thought and cautious in publication, underwent a kind of epiphany. Success, it seems, went to his head. Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice]<

ISBN: 1280506ce5fc143fc97df88a670e9c98

Von Heilbron, John L. Heilbron, John L. Success, it seems, went to his head. Growing increasingly outspoken and reckless, alienating friends and influential patrons, his political compass… Plus…

Von Heilbron, John L. Heilbron, John L. Success, it seems, went to his head. Growing increasingly outspoken and reckless, alienating friends and influential patrons, his political compass awry, he took on the character of the knights of old whose adventures he delighted in reading, and rode full tilt into the windmill of the Inquisition. Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice]<