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This book examines a pivotal moment in the history of science and women’s place in it. Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei. Their correspondence, undertaken soon after the publication of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, reveals how Sarrocchi approached Galileo for his help revising her epic poem, offering, in return, her endorsement of his recent telescopic discoveries. Situated against the vibrant and often contentious backdrop of early modern intellectual and academic culture, their letters illustrate, in miniature, that the Scientific Revolution was, in fact, the product of a long evolution with roots in the deep connections between literary and scientific exchanges.
Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Hardcover: 98 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2016 edition (May 28, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1137597690
ISBN-13: 978-1137597694
Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 6 x 8.2 inches
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