Galileo’s Fame
Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century
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Anna-Luna Post’s 'Galileo’s Fame' examines the social processes that produced Galileo’s renown in early modern Europe, arguing that fame resulted from human intervention rather than solely from scientific merit.
The book traces how contemporaries — poets, academies, court figures, Dominican preachers, and institutions like the Accademia dei Lincei — helped build, contest, and redirect Galileo’s reputation.
It situates fama within legal, religious, and cultural practices, showing how talk, patronage, and public performance shaped credibility.
Post uses rich archival sources to follow episodes from Galileo’s pre-1610 reputation through his trials and posthumous memory.
The work illuminates the fragmented public spheres of the period and the contested nature of scientific authority.
The book traces how contemporaries — poets, academies, court figures, Dominican preachers, and institutions like the Accademia dei Lincei — helped build, contest, and redirect Galileo’s reputation.
It situates fama within legal, religious, and cultural practices, showing how talk, patronage, and public performance shaped credibility.
Post uses rich archival sources to follow episodes from Galileo’s pre-1610 reputation through his trials and posthumous memory.
The work illuminates the fragmented public spheres of the period and the contested nature of scientific authority.
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Anna-Luna Post
Anna-Luna Post, "Galileo’s Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
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