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Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo

Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy
BuchGebunden
98 Seiten
Englisch
Springer Palgrave Macmillanerschienen am28.05.20161st ed. 2016
Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei.mehr
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EUR53,49
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EUR57,00
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Produkt

KlappentextMeredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-137-59769-4
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2016
Erscheinungsdatum28.05.2016
Auflage1st ed. 2016
ReihePalgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Seiten98 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht264 g
IllustrationenXII, 98 p. 1 illus.
Artikel-Nr.36969089

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
I. Introduction.- II. Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy.- Sarrocchi and Galileo in Rome.- Science and the Scanderbeide.- Sarrocchi´s Scanderbeide and Galileo´s Enemy Eye .- The Controversy Over Galileo´s Medicean Stars .- Reading the Stars.- Diverging Paths.- III. Letters of Margherita Sarrocchi and Galileo (With Three Related Letters)mehr
Kritik
"The slim volume will be a resource not just for readers and researchers but also for classroom discussion, where the letters could serve as great primary sources to feature in a number of course contexts. Enjoy!" (Carla Nappi, New Books network, newbooksnetwork.com, March, 2017)mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Meredith K. Ray is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Delaware, USA. She is the author of Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy and Writing Gender: Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance.