Note: entries in green are in the course packet.
| Week | Reading / Discussion | Laboratory / Writing |
| Jan. 30 | Begin Galileo's Daughter | |
| Feb. 4-6 |
(T) Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music Iamblichus on Pythagoras (Th) Lucio Russo, La Rivoluzione Dimenticata |
The Monocord |
| Feb. 11-13 |
See the Postulates, and work through the first 6 Propositions (Th) The Geometric and Military Compass Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems, pp. 103-105. |
Triangulation, Perspective |
| Feb. 18-20 |
(T) Archimedes, On the Equilibrium of Planes Vitruvius Galileo, The Little Balance (Th) Polybius and Plutarch on Archimedes Aristotle, On the Heavens, Book I, Chapters 1-5. Galileo's Early Notes |
Optional: a modern analysis. |
| Feb. 25-27 |
(Th) Cecco Ronchitti |
no lab |
| Mar. 4-6 |
(T) Questions on Mechanics (Th) The Starry Messenger, in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo |
Telescope |
| Mar. 11-13 |
(T) Archimedes, On Floating Bodies Galileo, Floating Bodies Read as far as "A nice example" (Th) Floating Bodies Read from "Objections of Signor Buonamico" to the end, skipping where it is too difficult. Aristotle, On the Heavens, Book IV, Chapters 5-6. |
Floating |
| BREAK |
BREAK: Finish Galileo's Daughter
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BREAK
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| Mar. 25-27 |
(T) Ptolemy, Copernicus (Th) Sunspot Letters, in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo |
Orbit of Venus |
| Apr 1-3 |
(T) Galileo on the Copernican Opinion, in The Galileo Affair, pp. 70-86. (Th) The Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo. |
Visit to Observatory |
| Apr 8-10 |
(T) Early Inquisition Documents, in The Galileo Affair, Chapter V, pp. 134-153. Two letters relating to Tomaso Caccini (Th) On the Three Comets of the Year 1618 The Assayer, in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, pp. 231-280. |
Time |
| Apr 15-17 |
Dialogue Concerning the Two Principal World Systems (T) Dedication, Forward to the Discerning Reader, First Day, beginning-p. 22, 29-62, 71-82, 97-98, 101-105. (Th) Second Day, 106-136, 141-149, 174-177, 180-182, 186-189, 206-208, 218-225. |
Rolling |
| Apr 22-24 |
(T) Dialogue Concerning the Two Principal World Systems, Third Day, 276-310, 320-328, 334-336, 339-355; Fourth Day, 416-434, 449-452, 462-465. (Th) Later Inquisition Documents, Chapter IX, THE GALILEO AFFAIR pp.
218-222, pp. 256-293. |
Parabolas |
| Apr. 29-May 1 |
(T) Later Inquisition Documents, Chapter IX, THE GALILEO AFFAIR pp. 218-222, pp. 256-293. (Th) Galileo's Discovery of Scaling Laws Two New Sciences, First and Second Days, 1-20, 40-44, 60-70, 84-85, 98-104, 106-108, 130-133, 135-136. |
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| May 6 | Two New Sciences, Galileo's Daughter |