Galileo's Muse : Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts / Mark A. Peterson.
Peterson, Mark A., author.
2011
QB36.G2 P48 2011eb
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Title Galileo's Muse : Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts / Mark A. Peterson.
Author Peterson, Mark A., author.
ISBN 9780674062979
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674062979
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011]
Copyright ©2011
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (352 p.) : 22 line illustrations; 2 halftones
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/harvard.9780674062979 doi
Call Number QB36.G2 P48 2011eb
Alternate Call Number SG 555
Dewey Decimal Classification 709.02/4
Summary Mark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it was the mathematics of Renaissance arts, not Renaissance sciences, that became modern science. Galileo's Muse argues that painters, poets, musicians, and architects brought about a scientific revolution that eluded the philosopher-scientists of the day, steeped as they were in a medieval cosmos and its underlying philosophy.According to Peterson, the recovery of classical science owes much to the Renaissance artists who first turned to Greek sources for inspiration and instruction. Chapters devoted to their insights into mathematics, ranging from perspective in painting to tuning in music, are interspersed with chapters about Galileo's own life and work. Himself an artist turned scientist and an avid student of Hellenistic culture, Galileo pulled together the many threads of his artistic and classical education in designing unprecedented experiments to unlock the secrets of nature.In the last chapter, Peterson draws our attention to the Oratio de Mathematicae laudibus of 1627, delivered by one of Galileo's students. This document, Peterson argues, was penned in part by Galileo himself, as an expression of his understanding of the universality of mathematics in art and nature. It is ";entirely Galilean in so many details that even if it is derivative, it must represent his thought,"; Peterson writes. An intellectual adventure, Galileo's Muse offers surprising ideas that will capture the imagination of anyone-scientist, mathematician, history buff, lover of literature, or artist-who cares about the humanistic roots of modern science.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue
1. Galileo, Humanist
2. The Classical Legacy
Poetry
3. The Plan of Heaven
4. The Vision of God
Painting
5. The Power of the Lines
6. The Skin of the Lion
Music
7. The Orphic Mystery
8. Kepler and the Music of the Spheres
Architecture
9. Figure and Form
10 The Dimensions of Hell
11. Mathematics Old and New
12. Transforming Mathematics
13. The Oration
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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