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100 1 _aLipking, Lawrence.
245 1 0 _aWhat Galileo Saw :
_bImagining the Scientific Revolution.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2014.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (333 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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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.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLipking, Lawrence
_tWhat Galileo Saw
_dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c2014
_z9780801452970
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138665
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