Galileo's Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge by Nick Wilding

Galileo's Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge

Nick Wilding

232 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

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Galileo's Idol offers a vivid depiction of Galileo's friend, student, and patron, Gianfrancesco Sagredo (1571-1620). Sagredo's life, which has never before been studied in depth, brings to light the inextricable relationship between the production...

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