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The Ghost of Galileo

Author : J. L. Heilbron
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192605550
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The Ghost of Galileo written by J. L. Heilbron and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1643/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painter is now almost forgotten,the painting much neglected, and the sitters themselves have left little to mark their lives, but on the table of the painting lies a book, open to an immediately identifiable and very significant page. The representation omits the author's name and the book's title; it sits there as a code, as only viewers who had encountered the original and the characteristic figures on its frontispiece would have known its significance. The book is Galileo's Dialogue on the two chief world systems (1632), the defence of Copernican cosmology that incited the infamous clash between its author and the Church, and its presence in this painting is no accident, but instead a statement of learning, attitudes, and cosmopolitan engagement in European discourse by the painting's English subjects. Grasping hold of the clue, John Helibron deciphers the significance of this contentious book's appearance in a painting from Stuart England to unravel the interlocking threads of art history, political and religious history, and the history of science. Drawing on unexploited archival material and a wide range of printed works, he weaves together English court culture and Italian connections, as well as the astronomical and astrological knowledge propagated in contemporary almanacs and deployed in art, architecture, plays, masques, and political discourse. Heilbron also explores the biographies of Sir John Bankes (father of the sitter), Sir Maurice, and the painter, Francis Cleyn, setting them into the narrative of their rich and cultured history.

The Ghost of Galileo

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ISBN 13 : 9780198861317
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (613 download)

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The Ghost of Galileo

Author : J. L. Heilbron
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198861303
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Ghost of Galileo written by J. L. Heilbron and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The appearance of Galileo's Dialogue in a forgotten painting launches John Heilbron's exploration of science and culture in Stuart England, and its deep connections with continental Europe. Ranging across art history, politics, and religion, he unravels the painting's mysteries, setting its sitters and painter against their rich cultural backdrop.

A Personalist View of Grace

Author : Charles Robert Meyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book A Personalist View of Grace written by Charles Robert Meyer and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Galileo

Author : Clarice Swisher
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780737706710
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Galileo written by Clarice Swisher and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of Galileo's courageous campaign to change the methods of doing science, physicist Albert Einstein called him "the father of modern physics--indeed, of modern science altogether." A devout Catholic who wanted the church to maintain its authority and wisdom, Galileo worked tirelessly to persuade the church authorities to stop insisting that the sun revolved around a stationary earth, when there was evidence to prove otherwise. Galileo's persistence led to the Inquisition trying and sentencing him for heresy in 1633.

Galileo

Author : J. L. Heilbron
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199655987
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Galileo written by J. L. Heilbron and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heilbron takes in the landscape of culture, learning, religion, science, theology, and politics of late Renaissance Italy to produce a richer and more rounded view of Galileo, his scientific thinking, and the company he kept.

The Hunt for Earth Gravity

Author : John Milsom
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319749595
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book The Hunt for Earth Gravity written by John Milsom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-23 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this history of mankind’s increasingly successful attempts to understand, to measure and to map the Earth’s gravity field (commonly known as ‘little g’ or just ‘g’) has been following in the footsteps of the pioneers, intermittently and with a variety of objectives, for more than fifty years. It is a story that begins with Galileo’s early experiments with pendulums and falling bodies, progresses through the conflicts between Hooke and Newton and culminates in the measurements that are now being made from aircraft and satellites. The spectacular increases in accuracy that have been achieved during this period provide the context, but the main focus is on the people, many of whom were notable eccentrics. Also covered are the reasons WHY these people thought their measurements would be useful, with emphasis in the later chapters on the place of ‘g’ in today’s applied geology, and on the ways in which it is providing new and spectacular visions of our planet. It is also, in part, a personal memoir that explores the parallels between the way fieldwork is being done now and the difficulties that accompanied its execution in the past. Selected topics in the mathematics of ‘g’ are discussed in a series of short Codas.

Galileo's Middle Finger

Author : Alice Dreger
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143108115
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Galileo's Middle Finger written by Alice Dreger and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Galileo's Middle Finger is historian Alice Dreger's eye-opening story of life in the trenches of scientific controversy. Dreger's chronicle begins with her own research into the treatment of people born intersex (once called hermaphrodites). Realization of the shocking surgical and ethical abuses conducted in the name of "normalizing" intersex children's gender identities moved Dreger to become an internationally recognized patient rights activist. But even as the intersex rights movement succeeded, Dreger began to realize how some fellow activists were using lies and personal attacks to silence scientisis whose data revealed uncomfortable truths about humans. In researching one case, Dreger suddenly became a target of just these kinds of attacks. Troubled, she decided to try to understand more -- to travel the country and seek a global view of the nature and costs of these damaging battles. Galileo's Middle Finger describes Dreger's long and harrowing journeys between the two camps for which she felt equal empathy: social justice activists determined to win and researchers determined to put hard truths before comfort. What emerges is a lesson about the intertwining of justice and truth-- and about the importance of responsible scholars and journalists to our fragile democracy." --

Touch

Author : Claire North
Publisher : Redhook
ISBN 13 : 0316335932
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Touch written by Claire North and published by Redhook. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touch is an electrifying thriller by the author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K. He tried to take my life. Instead, I took his. It was a long time ago. I remember it was dark, and I didn't see my killer until it was too late. As I died, my hand touched his. That's when the first switch took place. Suddenly, I was looking through the eyes of my killer, and I was watching myself die. Now switching is easy. I can jump from body to body, have any life, be anyone. Some people touch lives. Others take them. I do both. More by Claire North:The Gameshouse84KThe End of the DayThe Sudden Appearance of HopeTouchThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Galileo's Ghost

Author : George Gurney
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781725141704
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Galileo's Ghost written by George Gurney and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homicide Detectives Alan Wang and Rebecca Quinn deal with difficult clues and strange circumstances in solving murders, attending the trial of a long time nemesis, and handling personal crises that threaten their well being and ability to work.

The Many Lives of Galileo

Author : Dougal McNeill
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039105366
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Many Lives of Galileo written by Dougal McNeill and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Many Lives of Galileo is a Marxist study of the development of Bertolt Brecht's great play Galileo on the English stage. Tracing various translations of Brecht's original, and the historical and political moments surrounding these translations, Dougal McNeill examines how, across the distances of culture, history and language, The Life of Galileo has come to figure so prominently in the life of English-language theatre. The translations and productions of Galileo by Charles Laughton, Howard Brenton and David Hare are examined, in a method combining close reading with an attention to broader social contexts, with an eye to uncovering their implications for drama in performance. Brecht valued re-creation, re-invention and re-telling as much as creation itself. In this book the author applies Brecht's aesthetic to translations of his own work, following Laughton, Brenton and Hare as they set themselves the task of rewriting Brecht and, in the process, use him to comment on their own eras.

Washington Diplomacy

Author : John Shaw
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875861725
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Washington Diplomacy written by John Shaw and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 60+ interviews from the Washington Diplomat give insights into the forces intersecting and reflecting in the world today.

Science and Technology in World History

Author : James Edward McClellan
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801883606
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Science and Technology in World History written by James Edward McClellan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-04-14 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992

Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520242610
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992 written by Maurice A. Finocchiaro and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-04-11 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close look at the trial of Galileo in 1633 & the consequences of his condemnation for contending that the Bible is not a scientific authority. In parts of the US and elsewhere, the controversy continues to this day.

Angels & Demons' Rome

Author : Angela K. Nickerson
Publisher : Roaring Forties Press
ISBN 13 : 0977742997
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book Angels & Demons' Rome written by Angela K. Nickerson and published by Roaring Forties Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the history of Rome as it appears in Dan Brown's Angels & Demons.

The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher

Author : Roberto Buonanno
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319003003
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher written by Roberto Buonanno and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, the author traces the careers, ideas, discoveries, and inventions of two renowned scientists, Athanasius Kircher and Galileo Galilei, one a Jesuit, the other a sincere man of faith whose relations with the Jesuits deteriorated badly. The Author documents Kircher’s often intuitive work in many areas, including translating the hieroglyphs, developing sundials, and inventing the magic lantern, and explains how Kircher was a forerunner of Darwin in suggesting that animal species evolve. Galileo’s work on scales, telescopes, and sun spots is mapped and discussed, and care is taken to place his discoveries within their cultural environment. While Galileo is without doubt the “winner” in the comparison with Kircher, the latter achieved extraordinary insights by unconventional means. For all Galileo’s fine work, the author believes that scientists do need to regain the power of dreaming, vindicating Kirchner’s view.

Io After Galileo

Author : Rosaly M.C. Lopes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540488413
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Io After Galileo written by Rosaly M.C. Lopes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-20 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book solely about Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Written by experts in the field, many of whom took part in the Galileo mission, the book reviews the basics about Io and its unique space environment. Coverage includes all subjects, where the Galilio mission has shed new light on, with some emphasis on Io's most remarkable characteristics: its active volcanism.