History of Knowledge

Readings, questions and assignments, week by week. Readings on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Week 2 21–27 September

Fri 25 Sep

Galileo

John Heilbron · Week 2, Friday 25 September

Oxford University Press, pp. 41–56

Week 8 2–8 November

Fri 6 Nov

Video lecture on the Galileo forgery

Nick Wilding · Week 8, Friday 6 November

Preparation for the visit to Special Collections (map room, University Library Science Park), where we handle Vesalius’ Fabrica, Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius and Blaeu’s Atlas Maior.