Galileo Galilei - When the World Stood Still
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-06024-3 (ISBN)
His biography of Galileo won the Brage Award for best Norwegian non-fiction book in 2001
The Norwegian edition has sold nearly 6000 copies
Biographies as a genre are very popular
1949 geboren, zählt Atle Næss heute zu den renommiertesten Autoren Norwegens, der seit seinem Debüt 1975 zahlreiche von Kritikern gelobte Bücher geschrieben hat. Dazu gehören sowohl Romane als auch Sachbücher. Für seine Biografie über Galileo Galilei wurde er 2001 mit dem norwegischen Bragepreis ausgezeichnet.
Prologue: A journey to Rome 5
The musician's son 7
A gifted young Tuscan 11
To Rome and the Jesuits 14
A Surveyor of Inferno 17
The spheres from the tower 19
From Pisa to Padua 22
Signs in the sky 24
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium 28
Lecturer and designer 31
A professor's commitments 33
Modern physics is born 35
A new star in an unchanging sky? 38
Drawing close to a court 40
The balls fall into place 43
The Roman style 45
The tube with the long perspective 47
A new world 49
Jupiter's sons 53
Johann Kepler, Imperial Mathematician 56
Several signs in the sky 60
Friendship and power 64
A dispute about objects that float in water 68
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon! 71
The letter to Castelli 74
"How to go to heaven, not how the heavens go" 77
Foolish and absurd in philosophy, formally heretical 80
The hammer of the heretics 83
Deaths and omens 86
Comets portend disaster 91
Weighing the words of others on gold-scales 95
A marvellous combination of circumstances 99
War and heresy 102
European power struggle and Roman nephews 105
The old and the new 107
"An advantageous decree" 111
Two wise men - and a third 113
The Inquisition's chambers 117
Diplomacy in the time of the plague 122
An order from the top 126
"Nor further to hold, teach, or defend it in any way whatsoever" 131
Convinced with reasons 135
"I, Galileo Galilei" 139
Eternity 143
A death and two new sciences 148
The meeting with infinity 152
"That universe ... is not any greater than the space I occupy" 156
Epilogue 159
Postscript 164
Appendix 166
Sources 167
Name Index 172
References 175
and well constructed, and one that provides the important larger context that surrounds the drama itself. This reviewer recommends it highly to anyone interested in a succinct and comprehensive look at the "saga" of Galileo.
MAA Online book review columne, Alexander J. Hahn, October 2005
The complete review can be found here: http://www.maa.org/reviews/naessgalileo.html
[...] Atle Naess knows how to write a readable book. He wastes no time on padding. He weaves the history, the personalities and the technicalities together expertly, with a sure eye for an interesting detail and an ability to cut through the myths, propaganda and speculation that surround the Galileo case. [...] The aim of the book is a short introduction to introduce the man and whet the appetite for his ideas. It is a resounding success.
by James Franklin, Univ of New South Wales, Sydney Gazette, The Australian Mathematical Society, Volume 32, Number 4, 2005,
"The mathematician and physicist Galileo Galilei is one of the most famous scientists of all time. The story of his life and times ... is brought vividly to life in this book. Atle Næss has written a gripping account of one of the great figures in European history." (WWW. firstscience.com, September 12, 2005)
"Not too many biographies of great scientists are as felicitously written as this new one ... . a delightful read but ... is as historically accurate as one would hope. ... very adequately referenced. ... The translation into english is excellent. This book brought home to me the full extent ... . Anyone with an interest in the life and times of Galileo will adore this new account ... . It is beautifully printed, attractively bound ... . Highly recommended." (Australian Physics, Vol. 42 (2), May/June, 2005)
"I found this book fascinating. Much of the argument ... revolves around the famous trial of Galileo for heresy in 1633. ... The background of the build up to the trial with all the necessary detail is handled in a masterly manner ... . There are 13 pages of index and references which will allow the assiduous reader to delve further into the scientific life of seventeenth century Italy - a journey well worth making ... a book worth buying." (M. L. Perkins, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 90 (518), 2006)
"Galileo Galilei was not only one of the most outstanding 16th century scientists, but he also suffered for the last nine years of his life ... . This biography deals with both these aspects, making full use of recent historical research. Altogether is presents a rounded picture of his life in a highly readable account." (Mathematika, Vol. 52, 2005)
"Galileo Galilei was not only one of the most outstanding 16th century scientists, but he also suffered for the last nine years of his life ... . This biography deals with both these aspects, making full use of recent historical research. Altogether it presents a rounded picture of his life in a highly readable account." (Mathematika, Vol. 52, 2005)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.10.2010 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | J. Anderson |
| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 221 p. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 352 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
| Schlagworte | Europe • Evolution • Galileo Galilei • History of Mathematics • Revolution |
| ISBN-10 | 3-642-06024-2 / 3642060242 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-06024-3 / 9783642060243 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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