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Reading Galileo: Scribal Technologies and the Two New Sciences
Renee Raphael
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Description for Reading Galileo: Scribal Technologies and the Two New Sciences
Hardback. This important text will be of interest to a wide range of historians-of science, of scholarly practices and the book, and of early-modern intellectual and cultural history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30, 28 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
In 1638, Galileo was over seventy years old, blind, and confined to house arrest outside of Florence. With the help of friends and family, he managed to complete and smuggle to the Netherlands a manuscript that became his final published work, Two New Sciences. Treating diverse subjects that became the foundations of mechanical engineering and physics, this book is often depicted as the definitive expression of Galileo's purportedly modern scientific agenda. In Reading Galileo, Renee Raphael offers a new interpretation of Two New Sciences which argues instead that the work embodied no such coherent canonical vision. Raphael alleges that it ... Read more
In 1638, Galileo was over seventy years old, blind, and confined to house arrest outside of Florence. With the help of friends and family, he managed to complete and smuggle to the Netherlands a manuscript that became his final published work, Two New Sciences. Treating diverse subjects that became the foundations of mechanical engineering and physics, this book is often depicted as the definitive expression of Galileo's purportedly modern scientific agenda. In Reading Galileo, Renee Raphael offers a new interpretation of Two New Sciences which argues instead that the work embodied no such coherent canonical vision. Raphael alleges that it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421421773
SKU
V9781421421773
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About Renee Raphael
Renee Raphael is an assistant professor of history at the University of California, Irvine.
Reviews for Reading Galileo: Scribal Technologies and the Two New Sciences
This work provides an interesting historical examination of Galileo's original text. Recommended
Choice
Raphael's book is an uncommon and very welcome contribution to the ever-growing Galileo scholarship.
Annals of Science
Eye-opening...Raphael's brilliant epilogue has far-reaching implications for narratives of change. Her critique of the prevailing historiography of the Scientific Revolution highlights deep flaws in its warfare ... Read more
Choice
Raphael's book is an uncommon and very welcome contribution to the ever-growing Galileo scholarship.
Annals of Science
Eye-opening...Raphael's brilliant epilogue has far-reaching implications for narratives of change. Her critique of the prevailing historiography of the Scientific Revolution highlights deep flaws in its warfare ... Read more