The Lynx and the telescope : : The Parallel Worlds of Cesi and Galileo / / by Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Peter Mason.
Set in the context of Counter-Reformation Rome, this book focuses on the twenty-year long relationship (1611-1630) between Galileo Galilei and Federico Cesi, the founder of the Academy of the Lynx-eyed. Contrary to the historiographical tradition, it demonstrates that the visions of Galileo and Cesi...
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| Superior document: | Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions, Volume 21 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, [The Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : BRILL,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ;
Volume 21. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (538 pages) :; illustrations. |
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