Science in Court Society: Giovan Battista Benedetti's "Diversarum speculationum mathematicarum et physicarum liber" (Turin, 1585)

• Main Author: Renn, Jürgen (auth)
• Other Authors: Omodeo, Pietro Daniel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edition Open Access 2019
• Series: Sources 11: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• Subjects: MPRL; Edition Open Access; history of science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Giovanni Battista Benedetti is counted as one of the most brilliant mathematical and philosophical minds of the late Italian Renaissance. However, the theoretical and historical relevance of his work is still obscure in many respects. This is due to several factors, principal among which is the rela...