Abstract

Introduction Bibliographic abbreviations 1. Approaching Galileo's science through a fable 2. Subtleties of vision and of the scientific revolution 3. Casting light on Galileo's contrasts 4. The Lunar candour and the Litheosphorus 5. Sensory surprises 6. Seeing mountains on the moon 7. Visible and invisible luminous peaks of lunar mountains 8. Visual limits and the visibility of infinitesimals 9. Heavens sensed 10. Galileo's sensory philosophy 11. The problem of Galileo's predecessors 12. A moon circle: celestial reflections and illusions with Sarpi, Galileo and Castelli 13. Alternative visions 14. Galileo's visions

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