LEADER 03875nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910827678203321 005 20230124183633.0 010 $a0-674-06297-3 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674062979 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072870 035 $a(OCoLC)768411326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10518203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551339 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11357516 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551339 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10525094 035 $a(PQKB)11297021 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300993 035 $a(DE-B1597)178293 035 $a(OCoLC)840441203 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674062979 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300993 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518203 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072870 100 $a20110701d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGalileo's muse$b[electronic resource] $eRenaissance mathematics and the arts /$fMark A. Peterson 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-05972-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGalileo, 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. 330 $aMark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it was the mathematics of Renaissance arts, not Renaissance sciences, that became modern science. Galileo's Muse argues that painters, poets, musicians, and architects brought about a scientific revolution that eluded the philosopher-scientists of the day, steeped as they were in a medieval cosmos and its underlying philosophy.According to Peterson, the recovery of classical science owes much to the Renaissance artists who first turned to Greek sources for inspiration and instruction. Chapters devoted to their insights into mathematics, ranging from perspective in painting to tuning in music, are interspersed with chapters about Galileo's own life and work. Himself an artist turned scientist and an avid student of Hellenistic culture, Galileo pulled together the many threads of his artistic and classical education in designing unprecedented experiments to unlock the secrets of nature.In the last chapter, Peterson draws our attention to the Oratio de Mathematicae laudibus of 1627, delivered by one of Galileo's students. This document, Peterson argues, was penned in part by Galileo himself, as an expression of his understanding of the universality of mathematics in art and nature. It is ";entirely Galilean in so many details that even if it is derivative, it must represent his thought,"; Peterson writes. An intellectual adventure, Galileo's Muse offers surprising ideas that will capture the imagination of anyone-scientist, mathematician, history buff, lover of literature, or artist-who cares about the humanistic roots of modern science. 606 $aArts, Renaissance$zItaly 606 $aMathematics$zItaly$xHistory 606 $aScience and the arts$zItaly$xHistory 615 0$aArts, Renaissance 615 0$aMathematics$xHistory. 615 0$aScience and the arts$xHistory. 676 $a709.02/4 686 $aSG 555$2rvk 700 $aPeterson$b Mark A.$f1946-$01683265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827678203321 996 $aGalileo's muse$94053920 997 $aUNINA