Galileo's Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge

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Galileo's Idol offers a vivid depiction of Galileo's friend, student, and patron, Gianfrancesco Sagredo (1571-1620). Sagredo's life, which has never before been studied in depth, brings to light the inextricable relationship between the production, distribution, and reception of political information and scientific knowledge. Nick Wilding uses as wide a variety of sources as possible--paintings, ornamental woodcuts, epistolary hoaxes, intercepted...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:022616697X

ISBN13:9780226166971

Release Date:November 2014

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.02 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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