Galileo At Work: His Scientific Biography
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A landmark work in the history of science, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography presents the most thorough and authoritative account of Galileo Galilei's remarkable scientific career. Stillman Drake, one of the foremost Galileo scholars of the twentieth century, chronicles the Italian astronomer and physicist's groundbreaking discoveries, from his early experiments with motion and mechanics to his revolutionary astronomical observations that forever altered humanity's understanding of the cosmos. Drawing on Galileo's own manuscripts, letters, and published works, Drake reconstructs the step-by-step development of Galileo's ideas with meticulous scholarly precision, illustrating not just what Galileo discovered, but how he arrived at those discoveries. Written with both academic rigour and narrative clarity, this biography stands as an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the mind and method of the father of modern observational astronomy.
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A landmark work in the history of science, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography presents the most thorough and authoritative account of Galileo Galilei's remarkable scientific career. Stillman Drake, one of the foremost Galileo scholars of the twentieth century, chronicles the Italian astronomer and physicist's groundbreaking discoveries, from his early experiments with motion and mechanics to his revolutionary astronomical observations that forever altered humanity's understanding of the cosmos. Drawing on Galileo's own manuscripts, letters, and published works, Drake reconstructs the step-by-step development of Galileo's ideas with meticulous scholarly precision, illustrating not just what Galileo discovered, but how he arrived at those discoveries. Written with both academic rigour and narrative clarity, this biography stands as an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the mind and method of the father of modern observational astronomy.
