461. Eileen Reeves on Galileo and the Telescope

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We finish our look at philosophy in the Reformation era with an interview about Galileo's use of a revolutionary technology: the telescope.

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Further Reading

• E. Reeves, Evening News: Optics, Astronomy and Journalism in Early Modern Europe (Philadelphia: 2014).

• E. Reeves and A. van Helden, On Sunspots (Chicago: 2010).

• E. Reeves, Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror (Cambridge MA: 2008). 

• E. Reeves, Painting the Heavens (Princeton: 1997).

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Matthew on 19 January 2025

Congrats

Congratulations Professor on this amazing milestone! This series is such an impressive body of work and I am excited to see it continue to grow.

Peter Adamson on 19 January 2025

Thanks

Thanks! In a way I’m surprised to have made it this far, but much more surprised that it took me this long to get to the 17th century!

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439. The Inquisition
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441. New World Debate
442. Williams on Disability
443. Iberian Humanism
444. Spanish Mysticism
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446. Aquinas Revival
447. Messmer on Spanish Protestants
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450. Two Renaissance Artworks
451. Free will in Molina
452. Scholastic Metaphysics
453. Scholastic Law
454. Scholastic Politics
455. Pink on Suárez
456. Cervantes’ Don Quixote
457. Sabuco and Erculiani
458. The Cheese and the Worms
459. Bellarmine
460. Galileo's Trial
461. Reeves on Galileo