Galileo, Courtier The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism

Name: Galileo, Courtier The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism
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ISBN: 9780226045603

ISBN-10: 0226045609

ISBN-13: 9780226045603

Edition: 1994

Authors: Mario Biagioli

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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.

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Mario Biagioli is distinguished professor of law and science and technology studies and director of the Center for Innovation Studies at the University of California, Davis.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments Prologue: Court Culture and the Legitimation of Science



Galileo's Self-fashioning



Discoveries and Etiquette



Anatomy of a Court Dispute



The Anthropology of Incommensurability Intermezzo: Roma Theatrum Mundi



Courtly Comets



Framing Galileo's Trial


Epilogue: From Patronage to Academies: A Hypothesis


References


Index