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

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Galileo, Courtier

The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism

By: Mario Biagioli

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Paperback | 1 November 1994 | Edition Number 1

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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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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments Prologue: Court Culture and the Legitimation of Science
Galileo's Self-fashioning
Discoveries and Etiquette
Anatomy of a Court Dispute
The Anthropology of Incommensurability Intermezzo: Roma Theatrum Mundi
Courtly Comets
Framing Galileo's Trial
Epilogue: From Patronage to Academies: A Hypothesis
References
Index
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