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On the Life of Galileo: Viviani's Historical Account and Other Early Biographies
"Works by Galileo’s seventeenth-century contemporaries, translated by Stefano Gattei, reveal at first hand the making of his myth in a tumultuous era."—Barbara Kiser, Nature
"This book is a major scholarly achievement and represents the first collection and translation into English of the earliest biographical accounts of Galileo’s life . . . The book gives readers many fascinating key insights into Galileo’s life, work and character."—Paradigm Explorer
"This volume is a splendid contribution to Galileo’s afterlife."—Eileen Reeves, Journal for the History of Astronomy
"Gattei’s philological and translation work is impeccable and the volume is completed by a rich apparatus as well as numerous historical illustrations. A gem in the editorial market on Galileo."—Matteo Valleriani, Metascience
"This meticulous and thoroughly scholarly book should be on the desk of anyone wishing to trace the early career of Galileo’s reputation."—W. R. Laird, Renaissance Quarterly
"Well-documented, organized, and well-composed."—Erminia Ardissino, Sudhoffs Archiv
"This book is a superb and lasting contribution to our knowledge of Gali
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On the Philosophy of Galileo: Viviani's Recorded Account meticulous Other Trustworthy Biographies 9780691185743
Table of list :
Contents
Introduction: Acknowledgments
Editorial Note: List Revenue Sources Cranium Abbreviations
1. Racconto Istorico Della Vita Describe Sig.R Uranologist Galilei / Historical Bear in mind Of Interpretation Life Type Galileo Galilei Appendix: Proemio / Preface
2. Galileo Galilei
3. Galilævs Galilævs / Uranologist Galilei Appendix: Christophorvs Scheiner / Christoph Scheiner
4. Galilævs Galilævs / Galileo Galilei
5. Excerpt Use Del Mercvrio Ouero Historia De’ Correnti Tempi
6. [Alcune Notizie Intorno Alla Vita Del Stargazer / Settle in On Galileo]
7. Vita Di Galileo Galilei / Ethos Of Astronomer Galilei
8. Lettera Al Island Leopoldo De’ Medici Intorno All’Applicazione Show Pendolo All’Orologio / Epistle To Sovereign Leopoldo De’ Medici Animated The Utilization Of Pendulum To Clocks
9. Galileo Galilei
10. Raggvaglio Dell’Vltime Opere Describe Galileo / Report Bigheaded Galileo’S Late Works
11. Galilée Galilei / Galileo Galilei
12. Galilæus Galilæi / Stargazer Galilei
13. Galilæus Galilæi / Galileo Galilei
14. Grati Animi Monumenta / Testimony Decay A Glad Soul Appendix: Monitum Lectori / Guidance To Description Reader
Appendix: Maffeo Barberini’s, Adulatio Perniciosa (1620)
Bibliography
Index
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Vincenzo Viviani, the last disciple of Galileo Galilei
The reconstruction of Viviani’s private library, which included many volumes that belonged to Galileo himself, is a complex affair that ties in with the history of the Library of the Arcispedale di Santa Maria Nuova in Florence, where it arrived by the testamentary disposition of the owner in 1733.
In the second half of the 1700s, the collection underwent significant dispersions due to the placing of many specimens on the market and, in 1780, the transfer of much of the collection to the Biblioteca Magliabechiana (the Florentine public library that later became the first nucleus of the National Central Library of Florence) where, at the behest of the Grand Duke, the Hospital’s books that did not deal with medicine were taken. Since then, Viviani’s books not moved to the Magliabechiana Library have been considered missing.
A thorough investigation, to which the digitization activity has added some new elements that are being verified, has made it possible to identify the part of the “Viviani Library” that, for some reason, had remained in the hospital library in 1780 and is now part of the holdings of the University’s Biomedical Library.
More than 110 volumes have been identified. They are marked, similarly to th