Mark Peterson
Historian Mark Peterson’s book makes land the sole driver of American development—ignoring racism, morality, citizenship, and the heart of the Civil War.
We need the humanities because we need imagination that works outside the narrow channels where the sciences succeed.
“Galileo’s Muse” is a gem of a book: shedding new light on a figure as well-examined as Galileo is no simple task. Author Mark Peterson does so with aplomb, while also telling a fascinating story of the evolution of mathematics and the arts.
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