Galileo Galilei : the Tuscan Artist / Pietro Greco.
Greco, Pietro, 1955- author.
2018
PQ4623.G15
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Title Galileo Galilei : the Tuscan Artist / Pietro Greco.
Author Greco, Pietro, 1955- author.
ISBN 9783319720326 (electronic book)
3319720325 (electronic book)
9783319720319
3319720317
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media : Springer, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number PQ4623.G15
Dewey Decimal Classification 851.2
Summary 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 Artist", as the poet John Milton referred to him. Galileo was exceptional in simultaneously excelling in the Arts, Science, Philosophy, and Theology. These diverse aspects of his life were closely intertwined; indeed, it may be said that he personally demonstrated that human culture is not divisible, but rather one, with a thousand shades. Galileo also represented the bridge between two historical epochs. As the philosopher Tommaso Campanella, a contemporary of Galileo, recognized at the time, Galileo was responsible for ushering in a new age, the Modern Age. This book, which is exceptional in the completeness of its coverage, explores all aspects of the life of Galileo, as a Tuscan artist and giant of the Renaissance, in a stimulating and reader-friendly way.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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