Galileo, Courtier

The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
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Author: Mario Biagioli ISBN: 9780226218977
Publisher: University of Chicago Press Publication: December 1, 2018
Imprint: University of Chicago Press Language: English
Author: Mario Biagioli
ISBN: 9780226218977
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication: December 1, 2018
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Language: English

Informed by currents in sociology, cultural anthropology, and literary theory, Galileo, Courtier is neither a biography nor a conventional history of science. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science—the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions.

Galileo, Courtier is a fascinating cultural and social history of science highlighting the workings of power, patronage, and credibility in the development of science.

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Informed by currents in sociology, cultural anthropology, and literary theory, Galileo, Courtier is neither a biography nor a conventional history of science. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science—the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions.

Galileo, Courtier is a fascinating cultural and social history of science highlighting the workings of power, patronage, and credibility in the development of science.

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