Galileo's muse [electronic resource] : Renaissance mathematics and the arts / Mark A. Peterson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: vi, 336 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 709.02/4 23
LOC classification:
  • QB36.G2 P48 2011eb
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Contents:
Galileo, humanist -- The classical legacy -- Poetry -- The plan of heaven -- The vision of God -- Painting -- The power of the lines -- The skin of the lion -- Music -- The Orphic mystery -- Kepler and the music of the spheres -- Architecture -- Figure and form -- The dimensions of hell -- Mathematics old and new -- Transforming mathematics -- The oration.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Galileo, humanist -- The classical legacy -- Poetry -- The plan of heaven -- The vision of God -- Painting -- The power of the lines -- The skin of the lion -- Music -- The Orphic mystery -- Kepler and the music of the spheres -- Architecture -- Figure and form -- The dimensions of hell -- Mathematics old and new -- Transforming mathematics -- The oration.

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