Titlebook: Galileo Engineer; Matteo Valleriani Book 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Arsenal.Art of war.Engineer.Galileo.Galileo Galile

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The Knowledge of the Venetian Arsenalpublication of the first of his two new sciences in the . (., VIII:39–318). . These two events in Galileo’s life are intimately connected: Galileo’s first new science is rooted in the practical knowledge of the shipwrights of the Venetian Arsenal, the high-tech center of the Republic of Venice.

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Was Galileo an Engineer?masters, and mathematicians. He was neither a genius nor a lonely thinker: His science is rooted in the practical knowledge of his time, and the paths of his speculations can be understood perfectly if the context of his work and of the problems considered urgently in need of a solution are taken into account.

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Instruments and Machinesirror makers, military engineers, and machine builders. In the context of such a network, Galileo cultivated and practiced all of these activities himself. He opened his own workshop in Padova, which produced mathematical instruments for military officers; starting in 1610, upon his move to Florence

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Galileo’s Private Course on Fortificationse on fortifications typical for the end of the sixteenth century. Individual topics covered by Galileo’s course on fortifications included: the use of mathematical instruments; practical arithmetic and geometry; military architecture; the practical science of machines, with an emphasis on those mach