Galileo's muse Renaissance mathematics and the arts / Mark A. Peterson.

Author/creator Peterson, Mark A., 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,
Descriptionvi, 336 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011023319
ISBN9780674059726 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674059727 (alk. paper)

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