Galileo's Instruments of Credit Telescopes, Images, Secrecy
by Biagioli, Mario
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0226045617
- ISBN 13
- 9780226045610
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0226045617 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 302 pages; "Galileo's Instruments of Credit proposes radical new interpretations of several key episodes of Galileo's career, including his early telescopic discoveries of 1610, the dispute over sunspots, and the conflict with the Holy Office over the relationship between Copernicanism and Scripture. Galileo's tactics during this time shifted as rapidly as his circumstances, argues Mario Biagioli, and the pace of these changes forced him to respond swiftly to the opportunities and risks posed by unforeseen inventions, further discoveries, and the interventions of his opponents. Focusing on the aspects of Galileo's scientific life that extend beyond the framework of court culture and patronage, Biagioli offers a revisionist account of the different systems of exchanges, communication, and credibility at work in various phases of Galileo's career. Galileo's Instruments of Credit will find grateful readers among scholars of science studies, historical epistemology, visual studies, Galilean science, and late Renaissance astronomy." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20700
- Title
- Galileo's Instruments of Credit Telescopes, Images, Secrecy
- Author
- Biagioli, Mario
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0226045617
- ISBN 13
- 9780226045610
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 0226045617, Astronomy, galileo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Astronomy; SCIENCE;
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