The essay shows how the telescope, in Galileo's hands, became a scientific instrument that, for the first time, moved the optical horizon beyond the ordinary limits of visibility. And it emphasizes how Galileoss extraordinary astronomical discoveries, in revealing a "new heaven," aroused enthusiasm and admiration, but also, is the case with the poet John Donne, dismay and apprehension.
Giudice, F. S., Il telescopio e il nuovo mondo celeste, in Camerota, F. (ed.), La città del Sole. Arte barocca e pensiero scientifico nella Roma di Urbano VIII, Sillabe, Livorno 2023: 22- 29 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/259725]
Il telescopio e il nuovo mondo celeste
Giudice, Franco Salvatore
2023
Abstract
The essay shows how the telescope, in Galileo's hands, became a scientific instrument that, for the first time, moved the optical horizon beyond the ordinary limits of visibility. And it emphasizes how Galileoss extraordinary astronomical discoveries, in revealing a "new heaven," aroused enthusiasm and admiration, but also, is the case with the poet John Donne, dismay and apprehension.
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