An edition of La scoperta dell'ombra: Da Platone a Galileo la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità (2000)

La scoperta dell'ombra

da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità

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La scoperta dell'ombra
Roberto Casati, Roberto Casati
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An edition of La scoperta dell'ombra: Da Platone a Galileo la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità (2000)

La scoperta dell'ombra

da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità

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In this original, wide-ranging, and endlessly thought-provoking work of popular nonfiction, a leading science writer uncovers the pervasive presence of shadows in our world.

For Plato, shadows were the symbol of our limitations. For Galileo, they knocked the Earth from the center of the cosmos. They are a source of fear and a symbol of ignorance, and they loom large in art and design, mythology and folklore, physics and metaphysics, and architecture and urban planning. From shadows puppets and the psychology of shadows to the role of shadows in astronomy and the influence of shadows on the architectural profiles of our cities, Roberto Casati awakens our fascination in this tour-de-force of investigation and imagination.

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Mondadori
Language
Italian
Pages
278

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Subjects

Shades and shadows, History, Science, methodology, Science, history, Philosophy, introductions

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Cover of: The shadow club
The shadow club: the greatest mystery in the universe--shadows--and the thinkers who unlocked their secrets
2003, Knopf
in English - 1st American ed.
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Cover of: La scoperta dell'ombra
La scoperta dell'ombra: da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità
2001, Mondadori
in Italian
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: La scoperta dell'ombra
La scoperta dell'ombra: da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità
2000, Mondadori
in Italian
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Milano

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Dewey Decimal Class
516/.6
Library of Congress
QA519 .C37 2000

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Pagination
278 p. :
Number of pages
278

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OL6852733M
ISBN 10
8804459034
LCCN
00358829
OCLC/WorldCat
43816952, 47764135
Library Thing
642075
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2374639

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