 | What Galileo Saw: Imagining the Scientific Revolution Subjects: Literature and science -- History -- 17th century; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century; Science -- History -- 17th century; Galilei Galileo 1564–1642 -- Influence; Lawrence Lipking offers a new perspective on how to understand the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century, emphasizing the role that imagination played in the birth of modern science and modern ways of viewing the world. Lawrence Lipking is Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Northwestern University. |
