This volume makes an important contribution toward a nuanced appreciation of the Jesuits' interaction with "modernity", and a greater recognition of their contribution to the mathematization of natural philosophy and experimental science. The six essays provide a cross-section of the complex Jesuit encounter with the mathematical sciences during the 17th century.

Inhalt

Preface; M. Feingold. Mathematics and Modesty in the Society of Jesus: The Problems of Christoph Grienberger; M.J. Gorman. The Grounds for Conflict: Grienberger, Grassi, Galileo, and Posterity; M. Feingold. Additio illa non videtur edenda. Giuseppe Biancani, reader of Galileo on an unedited censored text; F.P. de Ceglia. Two Jesuit Responses to Galileo's Science of Motion: Honoré Fabri and Pierre Le Cazre; C.R. Palmerino. Jesuit Mathematical Practice in Portugal, 1540-1759; H. Leitão. The Celestial Pilgrimages of Valentin Stansel (1621-1705), Jesuit Astronomer and Missionary in Brazil; C.Z. Camenietzki.