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Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo
Meredith K. Ray
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Description for Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 110 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3JD; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 278.
This book examines a pivotal moment in the history of science and women’s place in it. Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei. Their correspondence, undertaken soon after the publication of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, reveals how Sarrocchi approached Galileo for his help revising her epic poem, offering, in return, her endorsement of his recent telescopic discoveries. Situated against the vibrant and often contentious backdrop of early modern intellectual and academic culture, their ... Read more
This book examines a pivotal moment in the history of science and women’s place in it. Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei. Their correspondence, undertaken soon after the publication of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, reveals how Sarrocchi approached Galileo for his help revising her epic poem, offering, in return, her endorsement of his recent telescopic discoveries. Situated against the vibrant and often contentious backdrop of early modern intellectual and academic culture, their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Number of Pages
98
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137597694
SKU
V9781137597694
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99-15
About Meredith K. Ray
Meredith K. Ray is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Delaware, USA. She is the author of Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy and Writing Gender: Women’s Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance.
Reviews for Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo
“The slim volume will be a resource not just for readers and researchers but also for classroom discussion, where the letters could serve as great primary sources to feature in a number of course contexts. Enjoy!” (Carla Nappi, New Books network, newbooksnetwork.com, March, 2017)