Galileo Galilei, The Tuscan Artist

This book is a distinctively original biography of Galileo Galilei, probably the last eclectic genius of the Italian Renaissance, who was not only one of the greatest scientists ever, but also a philosopher, a theologian, and a man of great literary, musical, and artistic talent - "The Tuscan A...

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1. Verfasser: Greco, Pietro (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9783319720326
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Galileo's birth
  • Music at the time of Vincenzio Galilei
  • Vincenzio in Florence
  • Galileo in Pisa
  • A Novice in Monastery
  • Challenging Zarlino
  • Return to Pisa
  • Galileo meeting Ostilio Ricci
  • A young unemployed Mathematician
  • Galileo as a literary critic
  • Galileo's first approach to a new method
  • Teaching in Pisa
  • Galileo as a literary critic and writer
  • The best eighteen years of his age
  • A Tuscan artist in Padua
  • The Nova Star
  • A Sidereus Nuncius
  • An artists' warning
  • New projects
  • Galileo superstar
  • Vicisti Galilaee!
  • Galileo as a mathematician and philosopher in Florence
  • Galileo's triumph in Rome
  • Converting the Church
  • A theory of culture
  • You cannot prevent humankind from looking at the stars: the Copernican Letters
  • They silence him
  • Three comets and an Assayer
  • The censored masterpiece
  • Will to live
  • Galileo's Dialogues and music
  • Galileo's last years
  • The Enigma.