• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Galileo's visions : piercing the spheres of the heavens by eye and mind
  • Contributor: Piccolino, Marco [VerfasserIn]; Wade, Nicholas J. [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014
  • Extent: 1 online resource; illustrations (black and white)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554355.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191766978
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  • Keywords: Galilei, Galileo 1564-1642 ; Visual perception History ; Eye Movements Research History
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2014)
  • Description: Marco Piccolino and Nick Wade analyse the scientific and philosophical work of Galileo Galilei from the particular viewpoint of his approach to the senses (and especially vision) as a means of acquiring trustworthy knowledge about the constitution of the world.