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Peterson, Mark A         Galileo's muse : Renaissance mathematics and the arts / Mark A. Peterson . – Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011         vi, 336 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.         Includes bibliographical references and index.         Galileo, humanist -- The classical legacy -- Poetry -- The plan of heaven -- The vision of God -- Painting -- The power of the lines -- The skin of the lion -- Music -- The Orphic mystery -- Kepler and the music of the spheres -- Architecture -- Figure and form -- The dimensions of hell -- Mathematics old and new -- Transforming mathematics -- The oration.         ISBN9780674059726 :         ISBN0674059727 (alk. paper) :          1. Galilei, Galileo,         1. Arts, Renaissance – Italy.         1. Mathematics – History. – Italy         1. Science and the arts – History. – Italy