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88 ”a Shoulder of Mutton” ”a Shoulder of Mutton”: Ibid., part 3, ch. 2.

88 Albert Einstein and his wife Albert Einstein and his wife: Marcia Bartusiak, ”Einstein and Beyond,” National Geographic National Geographic, May 2005, available at science.nationalgeo graphic.com/science/s.p.a.ce/universe/beyond-einstein.html.

89 ”All the books of Moses” ”All the books of Moses”: John Redwood, Reason Reason, Ridicule Ridicule, and Religion and Religion, p.119, and Roy Porter, The Creation of the Modern World The Creation of the Modern World, p.130.

89 ”Is there anything more Absurd” ”Is there anything more Absurd”: Hunter, Science and Society in Restoration England Science and Society in Restoration England, p.175.

CHAPTER 15. A PLAY WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE.

91fn The moon gave the Greeks The moon gave the Greeks: Jurgen Renn, ed., Galileo in Context Galileo in Context (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), p.198. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), p.198.

92fn The stars will not look The stars will not look: Albert Boime, ”Van Gogh's Starry Night Starry Night: A History of Matter and a Matter of History, ” Arts Magazine Arts Magazine, December 1984, available at /Articles.cfm. Donald Olson, a Texas State University astronomer, has carried out similar work, notably a study of Edvard Munch's The Scream. The Scream.

93 ”The falling body moved more jubilantly” ”The falling body moved more jubilantly”: Herbert b.u.t.terfield, The Origins of Modern Science The Origins of Modern Science, p.6.

93 ”a book written in mathematical characters” ”a book written in mathematical characters”: The pa.s.sage is from Galileo's a.s.sayer a.s.sayer (1623), available at /y24yvwo.

94 ”If the ears ”If the ears, the tongue” the tongue”: Galileo, The a.s.sayer. The a.s.sayer.

95 ”communicate in the language” ”communicate in the language”: Charles Coulston Gillispie, The Edge of Objectivity The Edge of Objectivity, p.43.

95 ”Do not all charms fly” ”Do not all charms fly”: John Keats, Lamia Lamia, part 2.

95 ”When I heard the learn'd astronomer” ”When I heard the learn'd astronomer”: Walt Whitman, ”When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer.”

96 ”Shut up and calculate” ”Shut up and calculate”: The remark is nearly always attributed to Feynman, it seems to have been coined by the physicist David Mermin. See David Mermin, ”Could Feynman Have Said This?,” Physics Today Physics Today, May 2004, p.10, available at tinyurl.com/yz5qxhp.

96 People do not ”know a thing” People do not ”know a thing”: Steven Nadler, ”Doctrines of explanation in late scholasticism and in the mechanical philosophy,” in Daniel Garber and Michael Ayers, eds., The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998) (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998).

96 ”not a necessary part” ”not a necessary part”: Kline, Mathematics Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty The Loss of Certainty, p.47, quoting Galileo, Two New Sciences. Two New Sciences.

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97 ”It is not only the heavens” ”It is not only the heavens”: Richard Westfall, ”Newton and the Scientific Revolution,” in Stayer, ed., Newton's Dream Newton's Dream, p.10.

98 seventeenth-century Italy feared science seventeenth-century Italy feared science: Some recent scholars have argued that this notion is out of date. ”The older Italian historiography tended to present late seventeenth-century science as sucked back in time by the black hole of Galileo's trial,” writes Mario Biagioli, but ”recent work has shown that such a simple explanation will not do.” See Roy Porter and Mikulas Teich, eds., eds., The Scientific Revolution in National Context The Scientific Revolution in National Context (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), p.12. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), p.12.

98 ”for at the slightest jar” ”for at the slightest jar”: Thomas Kuhn, The Copernican Revolution The Copernican Revolution, p.190, quoting Jean Bodin.

99 ”Worst of all” ”Worst of all”: Ibid., p.193.

99 ”Sense pleads for Ptolemy” ”Sense pleads for Ptolemy”: Kline, Mathematics in Western Culture Mathematics in Western Culture, p.117.

101 With no other rationale With no other rationale: Richard Westfall, ”Newton and the Scientific Revolution,” pp.67.

101 ”If the moon ”If the moon, the planets” the planets”: Arthur Koestler, The Sleepwalkers The Sleepwalkers, p.498.

102 ”The Sun is lost” ”The Sun is lost”: John Donne, ”An Anatomy of the World.”

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105 ”on or about December 1910” ”on or about December 1910”: Virginia Woolf, ”Character in Fiction.” Woolf had in mind how writers like James Joyce portrayed their characters' inner lives.

105 ”The Mathematical Professor at Padua” ”The Mathematical Professor at Padua”: Nicolson, ”The 'New Astronomy' and English Imagination,” p.35.

106 He had known ”all the stars” He had known ”all the stars”: Kitty Ferguson, Tycho and Kepler Tycho and Kepler, p.46.

106 ”the greatest wonder” ”the greatest wonder”: Ibid., p.47.

107 a standing-room-only crowd a standing-room-only crowd: Nicolson, ”The Telescope and Imagination,” p.8.

107 On the morning of September 3 On the morning of September 3, 1609 1609: New-York Historical Society Collections, 2nd ser. (1841), vol.1, pp.7174. This is from an excerpt online at historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5829.