2018, ISBN: 9780226218977

The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Informed by currents in sociology, cultural anthropology, and literary theory, Galileo, Courtier is ne… Mehr…

The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), 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. [PU: University of Chicago Press], Seiten: 416, University of Chicago Press, 2018<

ISBN: 9780226218977

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 … Mehr…

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. SCIENCE,General, eBooks.com<

2018, ISBN: 9780226218977

The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of Chicago Press], University of Chicago Press, 2018