Galileo's Instruments of Credit : Telescopes, Images, Secrecy
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0226045617
ISBN-13
9780226045610
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 14th, 2006
Print length
316 Pages
Weight
572 grams
Dimensions
16.60 x 23.70 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: science, technology & medicineAstronomy, space & time
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Proposes radical interpretations of key episodes of Galileo's career, including his telescopic discoveries of 1610, the dispute over sunspots, and the conflict with the Holy Office over the relationship between Copernicanism and Scripture. The book offers an account of the systems of exchanges, communication, and credibility at work in his career.
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