{"product_id":"margherita-sarrocchis-letters-to-galileo-meredith-k-ray-9781137597694","title":"Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo: Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy","description":"This book examines a pivotal moment in the history of science and women's place in it. Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, \u003ci\u003eScanderbeide \u003c\/i\u003e(1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei. Their correspondence, undertaken soon after the publication of Galileo's \u003ci\u003eSidereus Nuncius\u003c\/i\u003e, reveals how Sarrocchi approached Galileo for his help revising her epic poem, offering, in return, her endorsement of his recent telescopic discoveries. Situated against the vibrant and often contentious backdrop of early modern intellectual and academic culture, their letters illustrate, in miniature, that the Scientific Revolution was, in fact, the product of a long evolution with roots in the deep connections between literary and scientific exchanges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meredith K. Ray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137597690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137597694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.31d","brand":"Meredith K. Ray","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054541074687,"sku":"9781137597694","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4958f997-cfcb-4c16-934b-2b007993a9e0.jpg?v=1685030546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/margherita-sarrocchis-letters-to-galileo-meredith-k-ray-9781137597694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}