Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-491) and index.
A Florentine education : Upbringing ; Gap years ; Character analysis -- A Tuscan Archimedes : Hell and mathematics ; Barycentric exercises ; De motu ; Galileo at 25 -- Life in the Serenissima : Settling in ; Steady state -- Galilean science : Reluctant astronomer ; Mover and shaker -- Calculated risks : Starry message ; Celestial messenger ; More rabbits from the hat ; Family affairs and former friends -- Miscalculated risks : Freelance exegetes ; Poetical interlude ; Ill omens -- Vainglory : The Pope ; The knight ; The windmill ; The tilt -- End games : Dramatis personae ; Winding up ; Last days ; The end of the affair? -- Genealogy -- Glossary of names.
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Heilbron takes in the landscape of culture, learning, religion, science, theology, and politics of late Renaissance Italy to produce a richer and more rounded view of Galileo, his scientific thinking, and the company he kept.