J. L. Heilbron
1) Galileo
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
The author and biogrpaher shows us that Galileo was far more than a mathematician: he was deeply knowledgeable in the arts, an expert on the epic poet Ariosto, a fine lutenist. The author notes that years of reading the poets and experimenting with literary forms were not mere sidebars - they enabled Galileo to write clearly and plausibly about the most implausible things. The author argues that Galileo changed the world not simply because he revolutionized...