Galileo's muse : Renaissance mathematics and the arts / Mark A. Peterson.
| Author/creator | Peterson, Mark A., 1946- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. |
| Description | vi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011023319 |
| ISBN | 9780674059726 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674059727 (alk. paper) |