Galileo Galilei - When the World Stood StillSpringer Science & Business Media, 23 de febr. 2006 - 221 pàgines "I, Galileo, son of the late Vincenzio Galilei, Florentine, aged seventy years ...kneeling before you Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinals ...I abjure, curse, detest the aforesaid errors and heresies." The mathematician and physicist Galileo Galilei is one of the most famous scientists of all times. The story of his life and times, of his epoch-making experiments and discoveries, of his stubbornness and pride, of his patrons in the house of Medici, of his enemies and friends in their struggle for truth - all is brought vividly to life in this book. Atle Næss has written a gripping account of one of the great figures in European history.
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... Italian states also gave thanks to God, glad to have avoided the war itself and the great, destructive bands of soldiers that plundered and starved whole regions. But this did not mean the Italians had been spared misfortunes of every ...
... Italian Grand Duchy. The majority of Tuscans harboured no high expectations of his son, Francesco. Their worst fears were realised. Francesco's spouse died under mysterious circumstances, after which he held an extravagant wedding ...
... Italy, whereas in most other European countries theology still dominated the universities. It was a comprehensive education. In those days subject boundaries were not clear cut – it is questionable if “disciplines” in the modern sense ...
... Italian mathematician of the 16th century. Tartaglia left his mark on the history of mathematics. He was the first to find a general method of solving cubic equations. Galileo, however, skimmed rather quickly through this new arithmetic ...
... Italy regarding mathematics . But this was of little use unless his talents were recognised . At home in Florence there was no mathematical set . He did a bit of private tutoring and spent one winter in Siena . In order to get on he had ...