Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts

by Mark A. Peterson

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Mark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it was the mathematics of Renaissance arts, not Renaissance sciences, that became modern science. Galileo's Muse argues that painters, poets, musicians, and architects brought about a scientific revolution that eluded the philosopher-scientists of the day, steeped as they were in a medieval cosmos and its underlying philosophy.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674059727

ISBN13:9780674059726

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Harvard

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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

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