Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism

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University of Chicago Press, 2018年12月1日 - 416 頁
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.
 

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Court Culture and the Legitimation of Science
1
Galileos Selffashioning
11
Discoveries and Etiquette
103
Anatomy of a Court Dispute
159
The Anthropology of Incommensurability
211
Roma Theatrum Mundi
245
Courtly Comets
267
Framing Galileos Trial
313
From Patronage to Academies A Hypothesis
353
References
363
Index
393
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