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Galileo's muse Renaissance mathematics and the arts /

Main Author: Peterson, Mark A., 1946-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Arts, Renaissance > Italy.
Mathematics > History. > Italy
Science and the arts > History. > Italy
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10518203
Table of Contents:
  • Galileo, humanist
  • The classical legacy
  • Poetry
  • The plan of heaven
  • The vision of God
  • Painting
  • The power of the lines
  • The skin of the lion
  • Music
  • The Orphic mystery
  • Kepler and the music of the spheres
  • Architecture
  • Figure and form
  • The dimensions of hell
  • Mathematics old and new
  • Transforming mathematics
  • The oration.

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