William shakespeare lived at a remarkable time a period we now recognize as the first phase of the scientific revolution new ideas were transforming western thought the medieval was giving way to the modern and the work of a few key figures hinted at the brave new world to come the methodical and rational galileo the skeptical montaigne and as falk convincingly argue. Dan falks the science of shakespeare a new look at the playwrights universe looks at shakespeare in the context of the scientific revolution that took place following the renaissance born the same year as galileo shakespeare lived at a time when a new understanding of the universe and of certain types of what we now call science was taking shape. The science of shakespeare a new look at the playwrights universe amazonca falk dan books. Some succeed in being interesting and thought provoking and some dont dan falks the science of shakespeare a new look at the playwrights universe looks at shakespeare in the context of the scientific revolution that took place following the renaissance. In the science of shakespeare we meet a colorful cast of renaissance thinkers including thomas digges who published the first english account of the new astronomy and lived in the same neighborhood as shakespeare thomas harriot englands galileo who aimed a telescope at the night sky months ahead of his italian counterpart and danish astronomer tycho brahe whose observatory castle stood within sight of elsinore chosen by shakespeare as the setting for hamlet and whose