Public HealthAugust 1, 2020
Galileo’s Lessons for Living and Working through a Plague
An outbreak in Italy in the 1630s forced him to find new ways of doing his research and connecting with his family
Stories by Hannah Marcus
Hannah Marcus is an assistant professor in the department of the history of science at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the scientific culture of early modern Europe between 1400 and 1700. Her book Forbidden Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy will be published in September 2020.
OpinionApril 30, 2020
Galileo’s Lessons for Living and Working through a Plague
An outbreak in Italy in the 1630s forced him to find new ways of doing his research and connecting with his family