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Mario Biagioli (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press (23 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0226045617
  • ISBN-13: 978-0226045610
  • Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.8 x 0.2 cm
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,766,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Biagioli reinterprets key episodes of Galileo's career and shows how his tactics rapidly shifted to match his changing circumstances. His study presents a fresh and interesting view of the challenges faced by the seventeenth-century scientist." - Antony Anderson, New Scientist" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"In the history of science there have traditionally been those who study the social setting of scientists and those who study the science itself.... Biagioli's book takes the analysis one step further.... Galileo, Courtier is the most important book on Galileo to appear in half a century." - Albert Van Helden, Rice University "One of the most challenging commentaries I've read on Galileo's life and world.... Indeed, Biagioli's command of primary and secondary documentation is spectacular and his readings of both texts and events are extremely deft and elegant." - Anthony Grafton, Princeton University"
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I enjoyed reading this book far more than I imagined I would. Though the detail of the third chapter outstripped my stamina for the consideration of sunspots, the rest of the book proved gripping. Biagioli writes the science clearly and the history beautifully. At issue here is the economy of credit or trust within which various scientific tools (telescopes, books) were proofed and various discoveries (Medicean Stars, asymmetries of lunar surface, sunspots) shared. Biagioli capably crafts a sense of the European drama of scientific disclosure at this pivotal moment in history, for Galileo had to determine what he would share with whom and when--with his livelihood and reputation riding on each decision. A credible and savvy Galileo is evident in his capture of Medici patronage, as is his failure with the Inquisition in whose theological strands his persuasion progressively became mired. Also receiving discussion are the relationships between text and image, art and science, nature and book, center and periphery, and states and scientific societies. On the whole this book communicates what feels like a mastery of a subject told from a neat perspective and an ideal of history writing.

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