Biagioli M. Galileo, courtier: practice of science in the culture of absolutism

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. — 417 p.List of IllustrationsPrologue: Court Culture and the Legitimation of Science
Galileo's Self-fashioning
Discoveries and Etiquette
Anatomy of a Court Dispute
The Anthropology of Incommensurability Intermezzo: Roma Theatrum Mundi
Courtly Comets
Framing Galileo's Trial Epilogue: From Patronage to Academies: A Hypothesis