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Giordano Bruno and Renaissance Science

By Hilary Gatti

Giordano Bruno and Renaissance Science

By Hilary Gatti

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The Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno was a notable supporter of the new science that arose during his lifetime; his role in its development has been debated ever since the early seventeenth century. Hilary Gatti here reevaluates Bruno's contribution to the scientific revolution, in the process challenging the view that now dominates Bruno criticism among English-language scholars. Gatti reinstates Bruno as a scientific thinker and occasional investigator of considerable significance and power whose work participates in the excitement aroused by the new science and its methods. Her original research emphasizes the importance of Bruno's links to the magnetic philosophers, from Ficino to Gilbert; Bruno's reading and extension of Copernicus's work on the motions of the earth; the importance of Bruno's mathematics; and his work on the art of memory seen as a picture logic, which she examines in the light of the crises of visualization in present-day science. She concludes by emphasizing Bruno's ethics of scientific discovery.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2002-01-01
Publication Date:
2002-01-14
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0801487854
ISBN13:
9780801487859
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
368 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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