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The first collection and translation into English of the earliest biographical accounts of Galileo's life, this unique critical edition presents key early biographical accounts of the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), written by his close contemporaries. Collected and translated into English for the first time and supplemented by an introduction and incisive annotations by Stefano Gattei, these documents paint an incomparable firsthand picture of Galileo and offer rare insights into the construction of his public image and the complex intertwining of science, religion, and politics in seventeenth-century Italy. Here in its entirety is Vincenzo Viviani's Historical Account, an extensive and influential biography of Galileo written in 1654 by his last and most devoted pupil. Viviani's text is accompanied by his "Letter to Prince Leopold de' Medici on the Application of Pendulum to Clocks" (1659), his 1674 description of Galileo's later works, and the long inscriptions on the facade of Viviani's Florentine palace (1702). The collection also includes the "Adulatio perniciosa," a Latin poem written in 1620 by Cardinal Maffeo Barberini - who, as Pope Urban VIII, would become Galileo's prosecutor - as well as descriptive accounts that emerged from the Roman court and contemporary European biographers. Featuring the original texts in Italian, Latin, and French with their English translations on facing pages, this invaluable book shows how Galileo's pupils, friends, and critics shaped the Galileo myth for centuries to come, and brings together in one volume the primary sources needed to understand the legendary scientist in his time.

Astronomers --- Astronomers. --- Astronomes --- Galilei, Galileo, --- Italy.

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Astronomers --- Astronomers. --- Astronomes --- Niesten, Louis, --- Belgium.

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The first collection and translation into English of the earliest biographical accounts of Galileo's life, this unique critical edition presents key early biographical accounts of the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), written by his close contemporaries. Collected and translated into English for the first time and supplemented by an introduction and incisive annotations by Stefano Gattei, these documents paint an incomparable firsthand picture of Galileo and offer rare insights into the construction of his public image and the complex intertwining of science, religion, and politics in seventeenth-century Italy. Here in its entirety is Vincenzo Viviani's Historical Account, an extensive and influential biography of Galileo written in 1654 by his last and most devoted pupil. Viviani's text is accompanied by his "Letter to Prince Leopold de' Medici on the Application of Pendulum to Clocks" (1659), his 1674 description of Galileo's later works, and the long inscriptions on the facade of Viviani's Florentine palace (1702). The collection also includes the "Adulatio perniciosa," a Latin poem written in 1620 by Cardinal Maffeo Barberini - who, as Pope Urban VIII, would become Galileo's prosecutor - as well as descriptive accounts that emerged from the Roman court and contemporary European biographers. Featuring the original texts in Italian, Latin, and French with their English translations on facing pages, this invaluable book shows how Galileo's pupils, friends, and critics shaped the Galileo myth for centuries to come, and brings together in one volume the primary sources needed to understand the legendary scientist in his time.

Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Astronomers --- Astronomers. --- Astronomes --- Galilei, Galileo, --- Italy.

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La correspondance de Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) est la dernière correspondance inédite de l'âge classique entre Galilée et Newton. Etabli à Dantzig (Gdansk), Hevelius a correspondu avec les principaux savants du XVIIe siècle : Gassendi, Mersenne, Huygens, Oldenburg, Boulliau, Wallis, Des Noyers, Lubienicki, Hartlib. Ces lettres réflètent au jour le jour la création de la "nouvelle science" et traitent des grands débats cosmologiques du XVIIe siècle : les comètes, la Lune, le Soleil, la carte du Ciel, le perfectionnement des instruments, les rapports entre l'astrologie et la politique. La vie de l'auteur, la constitution du corpus de lettres, sa mutilation par le fameux Libri, la redécouverte des pièces perdues, l'inventaire chronologique de la correspondance posent autant de problèmes critiques qui sont ici traités en détail, en prolégomènes à l'édition. La correspondance de Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) est la dernière correspondance inédite de l'âge classique entre Galilée et Newton. Etabli à Dantzig (Gdansk), Hevelius a correspondu avec les principaux savants du XVIIe siècle : Gassendi, Mersenne, Huygens, Oldenburg, Boulliau, Wallis, Des Noyers, Lubienicki, Hartlib. Ces lettres réflètent au jour le jour la création de la "nouvelle science" et traitent des grands débats cosmologiques du XVIIe siècle : les comètes, la Lune, le Soleil, la carte du Ciel, le perfectionnement des instruments, les rapports entre l'astrologie et la politique. La vie de l'auteur, la constitution du corpus de lettres, sa mutilation par le fameux Libri, la redécouverte des pièces perdues, l'inventaire chronologique de la correspondance posent autant de problèmes critiques qui sont ici traités en détail, en prolégomènes à l'édition.

Astronomers --- Physical scientists --- Hevelius, Johannes, --- Geveliĭ, I︠A︡n, --- Heweliusz, Jan, --- Hewelcka, Johannes, --- Hefel, Jan, --- Hewelke, Jan, --- Hoefelius, Jan, --- Hewel, Johann, --- Howelcke, Johann, --- Hevel, Johann, --- Astronomers. --- Astronomes --- Astronomie --- Correspondence. --- Correspondance. --- Hof. --- Frankreich. --- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. --- Hevelius, Johannes --- Lubieniecki, Stanislaw

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The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike. The two volumes include approximately 1550 biographical sketches on astronomers from antiquity to modern times. It is the collective work of about 400 authors edited by an editorial board of 9 historians and astronomers, and provides additional details on the nature of an entry and some summary statistics on the content of entries. This new reference provides biographical information on astronomers and cosmologists by utilizing contemporary historical scholarship. Individual entries vary from 100 to 1500 words, including the likes of the superluminaries such as Newton and Einstein, as well as lesser-known astronomers like Galileo's acolyte, Mario Guiducci. A comprehensive contributor index helps researchers to identify the authors of important scientific topics and treatises.

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