TY - JOUR
T1 - Galileo, Simon Marius and Dutch Nationalism
AU - Van Helden, Albert
AU - Reeves, Eileen
AU - Zuidervaart, Huib J.
PY - 2023/11/10
Y1 - 2023/11/10
N2 - In 1898 the Dutch Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen issued a prize question asking for an evaluation of Galileo’s charge of plagiarism laid by Galileo against Simon Marius concerning the discovery of the satellites of Jupiter. The only submission defended Galileo, and the editor of the Society’s journal, Johannes Bosscha (1831-1911), then took it on himself to defend Marius and attack Galileo, whom he saw as a usurper of the credit rightfully belonging to the Dutch engineer and scientist Simon Stevin (1548-1620). Bosscha’s extreme nationalistic arguments are analyzed in this paper.
AB - In 1898 the Dutch Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen issued a prize question asking for an evaluation of Galileo’s charge of plagiarism laid by Galileo against Simon Marius concerning the discovery of the satellites of Jupiter. The only submission defended Galileo, and the editor of the Society’s journal, Johannes Bosscha (1831-1911), then took it on himself to defend Marius and attack Galileo, whom he saw as a usurper of the credit rightfully belonging to the Dutch engineer and scientist Simon Stevin (1548-1620). Bosscha’s extreme nationalistic arguments are analyzed in this paper.
KW - Dutch Nationalism
KW - Satellites of Jupiter
KW - History of Astronomy
KW - History of Science
KW - 20th century
KW - Johannes Bosscha
M3 - Article
SN - 1971-6052
VL - 20
SP - 91
EP - 109
JO - Galilæana. Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Science
JF - Galilæana. Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Science
IS - 2
ER -