Guerrini, Anita (Author)
Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor (Editor)
Manning, Gideon (Editor)
Springer International Publishing
Pages: 157-180
The second day of Galileo’s Discourses concerning Two New Sciences (1638) discusses size, shape, and scale. He argues that there are physical limits to the size and shape of an object, beyond which it must collapse of its own weight. In nature, an enormous giant – human or animal – would require bones that were so large and heavy that it would be crushed by their weight. Galileo illustrated two bones: one a normal human femur, the other three times longer and proportionately broader and thicker. Galileo did not choose either the example or the image by chance. Giants, particularly giant fossil bones, were a topic of discussion among the Academy of the Lynx (Lincei), and Galileo’s image resembles a giant bone found in the south of France 20 years earlier. This paper explores these discussions in the 1620s and 30s and Galileo’s continued communication with members of the Lincei.
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