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03569aam a2200517Ia 4500 001 55CA5C16196D11E5A0C8D575DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150623010043 008 131213s2014 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2013948632 020 $a 9780199554355 020 $a 0199554358 035 $a (OCoLC)865169355 040 $a CDX $b eng $c CDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d LTSCA $d BDX $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d CUD $d CHVBK $d OCLCQ $d VVC $d DLC $d OCLCF $d ZLM $d OCLCQ $d IX2 $d SILO 050 4 $a QB36.G2 $b P53 2014 082 04 $a 520.9 $b 23 100 1 $a Piccolino, Marco. 245 10 $a Galileo's visions : $b piercing the spheres of the heavens by eye and mind / $c Marco Piccolino and Nicholas J. Wade. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xvii, 318 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1: Approaching Galileo's science through a fable -- 2: Subtleties of vision and of the scientific revolution -- 3: Casting light on Galileo's contrasts -- 4: The Lunar candour and the Litheosphorus -- 5: Sensory surprises -- 6: Seeing mountains on the moon -- 7: Visible and invisible luminous peaks of lunar mountains -- 8: Visual limits and the visibility of infinitesimals -- 9: Heavens sensed -- 10: Galileo's sensory philosophy -- 11: The problem of Galileo's predecessors -- 12: A moon circle: celestial reflections and illusions with Sarpi, Galileo and Castelli -- 13: Alternative visions -- 14: Galileo's visions. 520 $a "In a fascinating and accessible style, 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. For Galileo evidence from the senses was potentially ambiguous, hence reliable information capable of penetrating the complexity of reality could only be obtained by interpreting the sensory data critically. The philosophical background of Galileo's attitude to the senses was his awareness that nature had not developed a specific language aimed at communicating with senses generally and human senses in particular. Galileo's analysis of the senses corresponded closely to a fundamental tenet of modern sensory physiology and psychophysics - the absence in the world of specific sensory signals like sounds, colours, tastes, and odours."--Publisher's description. 500 $a New Book -- June -- 2015 600 10 $a Galilei, Galileo, $d 1564-1642. 650 0 $a Visual perception $x History. 650 0 $a Eye $x History. $x Research $x History. 650 0 $a Science. 650 4 $a Science. $x ukslc. 600 17 $a Galilei, Galileo, $d 1564-1642 $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00029756 650 7 $a Eye $x Research. $x Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00919183 650 7 $a Science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108176 650 7 $a Visual perception. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01168049 600 17 $a Galilei, Galileo, $d 1564-1642 $0 (DE-588)118537229 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Astronomische Beobachtung. $0 (DE-588)4202460-2 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Sinnesphysiologie. $0 (DE-588)4055116-7 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Visuelle Wahrnehmung. $0 (DE-588)4078921-4 $2 gnd 600 07 $a GalileÌe. $2 rero 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Wade, Nicholas J. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826101434.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20150623012044.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=55CA5C16196D11E5A0C8D575DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search