Galileo in Rome The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius

by Shea, William R.; Artigas, Mariano

• ISBN13: 9780195177589
• ISBN10: 0195177584
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Two leading authorities on Galileo offer a brilliant revisionist look at the career of the great Italian scientist.

Author Biography

William R. Shea holds the "Galileo Chair" of the History of Science at the University of Padua, in Italy. He is Past President of both the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and the International Academy of the History of Science, and is currently Chairman of the Standing Committee for the Humanities of the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg. He is the author, co-author, or editor of 25 books, including Galileo's Intellectual Revolution and The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of Rene Descartes.
Mariano Artigas is Professor of Philosophy of Science and was Dean of the Ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Navarra, in Pamplona, Spain. He holds a Ph.D. both in physics and philosophy, is an ordained Catholic priest, and has written 14 books, including The Mind of the Universe, which won a Templeton Award.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	vii
INTRODUCTION	ix
CHAPTER ONE Job Hunting and the Path to Rome	1	(18)
FIRST TRIP: 1587
CHAPTER TWO The Door of Fame Springs Open	19	(30)
SECOND TRIP: 29 MARCH-4 JUNE 1611
CHAPTER THREE Roman Clouds	49	(45)
THIRD TRIP: 10 DECEMBER 1615-4 JUNE 1616
CHAPTER FOUR Roman Sunshine	94	(29)
FOURTH TRIP: 23 APRIL-16 JUNE 1624
CHAPTER FIVE Star-Crossed Heavens	123	(35)
FIFTH TRIP: 3 MAY-26 JUNE 1630
CHAPTER SIX Foul Weather in Rome	158	(43)
SIXTH TRIP: 13 FEBRUARY-6 JULY 1633
REFERENCES	201	(11)
PHOTO CREDITS	212	(3)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	215	(2)
INDEX	217