Galileo, Courtier: Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism (Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S.) - Hardcover

Biagioli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226045595 ISBN 13: 9780226045597

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1993

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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. In this fascinating cultural and social history of science, Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science - the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions.

About the Author:

Mario Biagioli is associate professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0226045595
• ISBN 13: 9780226045597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416