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100 | 1 | _aLipking, Lawrence. | |
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_aWhat Galileo Saw : _bImagining the Scientific Revolution. |
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_aIthaca : _bCornell University Press, _c2014. |
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300 | _a1 online resource (333 pages) | ||
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505 | 0 | _aWHAT GALILEO SAW -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introducing a Revolution -- 2. What Galileo Saw: Two Fables of Sound and Seeing -- 3. Kepler's Progress: Imagining the Future -- 4. The Poetry of the World: A Natural History of Poetics -- 5. "Look There, Look There!" Imagining Life in King Lear -- 6. The Dream of Descartes: The Book of Nature and the Infinite I AM -- 7. A History of Error: Robert Fludd, Thomas Browne, and the Harrow of Truth -- 8. The Century of Genius (1): Measuring Up -- 9. The Century of Genius (2): Hooke, Newton, and the System of the World -- 10. Revolution and Its Discontents: The Skeptical Challenge -- Appendix 1. Galileo: The Fable of Sound -- Appendix 2. Descartes's Three Dreams -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
520 | _aLawrence Lipking offers a new perspective on how to understand the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century, emphasizing the role that imagination played in the birth of modern science and modern ways of viewing the world. | ||
588 | _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. | ||
590 | _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
650 | 0 | _aGalilei, Galileo, -- 1564-1642 -- Influence. | |
650 | 0 | _aLiterature and science -- History -- 17th century. | |
650 | 0 | _aScience -- History -- 17th century. | |
650 | 0 | _aEurope -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. | |
655 | 4 | _aElectronic books. | |
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_iPrint version: _aLipking, Lawrence _tWhat Galileo Saw _dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c2014 _z9780801452970 |
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