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That is one explanation. Another one might be that international experts (read the critics) have not been invited because their points of view do not correspond to what one would like to hear about the subject. Your paraphrasing of the word stature leads me to the idea that you it is your intention to ridicule the language of a non-English speaker. That gives a very uncomfortable feeling. Paul van den Brink University of Utrecht The Netherlands > Well, of course, one might think that, but we have something to learn from > everyone. Let's give these people a chance to provide their insights > before worrying about the "stature" of the event. Why always have the > "experts" at these things? Isn't it great, even exciting, to have more > scholars/academics interested in Galileo and his work, wherever they are? > Or should we just be content with the usual suspects? My two cents . . . > > --John Delaney > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Paul van den Brink > Sent: Thu 8/26/2010 4:01 PM > To: Discussion group for map history > Subject: Re: [MapHist] LC Forum on Galileo's Starry Messenger > > > > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to > the whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o > + > > > It is surprising that the LOC is organizing a seminar on a topic that last > year was already discussed at various conferences in Europe, perhaps most > divisive at the symposium "1609-2009. 400 Years since "Side Nuncius" by > Galile" at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. > > More remarkable is it that the organizers suggest that the whole issue can > be addressed by representatives of American Universities alone (where > representatives of Rice University and their interesting Galileo-Project > (http://galileo.rice.edu/) are curiously lacking!). > In that respect it is really amazing that the LOC spends a fortune for > buying a rare book, but desists for organizing an accompanying symposium > of international stature. > > All respect for the views of historians like Gingerich and Machamer, but > we wonder why renowned Galileo specialists as Albert van Delden (Utrecht) > and Flavia Marcacci (Rome) - both published a critical translation of the > Sidereus Nuncius recently), - are missing. The same applies for the German > Art-Historian Horst Bredenkamp (University of Berlin), who unfolded an > interesting vision on the Sidereus in his book "Galilei der Künstler". > > Paul van den Brink > University of Utrecht > The Netherlands > > >> This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to >> the whole list) >> o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + >> o >> + >> >> forwarded - >> >> >> >> The Starry Messenger >> A Library of Congress Rare Book Forum >> >> Friday, November 5, 2010 >> 9:30 am- 5:00 pm >> The Mumford Room >> Sixth floor, James Madison Building >> The Library of Congress >> >> >> On November 5th, 2010, the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at >> the Library of Congress will sponsor a day-long conference to celebrate >> its recent acquisition of Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius, first published >> 400 >> years ago. The "Starry Messenger" contains the first telescopic images >> of >> the moon, diagrams showing the location and motion of the moons of >> Jupiter, and the first telescopic celestial maps of the Milky Way. >> Revolutionary not only in its findings and observations, the book also >> influenced later scientific and cartographic representations of >> celestial >> objects. >> >> The conference will approach the book from a variety of disciplinary >> standpoints and present new research on the book itself. Galileo's >> lasting influence on scientific representation and the beginnings of >> modern astronomical representation will be addressed. Speakers will >> cover >> a variety of themes found in the work, including the printing and >> construction of the book and early scientific celestial representation >> (Needham); the use of the telescope (Reeves); Galileo's logical >> methodologies and his debt to his classical and medieval predecessors >> (Hessler); his representations and maps of the Milky Way (Gingerich); >> and >> Galileo's lasting influence on scientific methodology and empiricism >> (Miller and Machamer). The speakers are: >> >> Paul Needham (Scheide Librarian, Princeton University) >> >> Eileen Reeves (Professor of Renaissance Literature, Princeton >> University) >> >> David Miller (Visiting Professor in the Philosophy of Science, Duke >> University) >> >> Owen Gingerich (Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and History of Science, >> Harvard University) >> >> John Hessler (Senior Cartographic Librarian, Geography and Map Division, >> Library of Congress) >> >> Peter Machamer (Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science, >> University of Pittsburgh) >> >> The conference is free and is open to the public. 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