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Author : Jane Meyerhofer
Release : 2009-05-01
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Book Synopsis Copernicus, Galileo and the Catholic Sponsorship of Science by : Jane Meyerhofer
Download or read book Copernicus, Galileo and the Catholic Sponsorship of Science written by Jane Meyerhofer. This book was released on 2009-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annibale Fantoli
Release : 2012-03-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Case of Galileo by : Annibale Fantoli
Download or read book The Case of Galileo written by Annibale Fantoli. This book was released on 2012-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “Galileo Affair” has been the locus of various and opposing appraisals for centuries: some view it as an historical event emblematic of the obscurantism of the Catholic Church, opposed a priori to the progress of science; others consider it a tragic reciprocal misunderstanding between Galileo, an arrogant and troublesome defender of the Copernican theory, and his theologian adversaries, who were prisoners of a narrow interpretation of scripture. In The Case of Galileo: A Closed Question? Annibale Fantoli presents a wide range of scientific, philosophical, and theological factors that played an important role in Galileo’s trial, all set within the historical progression of Galileo’s writing and personal interactions with his contemporaries. Fantoli traces the growth in Galileo Galilei’s thought and actions as he embraced the new worldview presented in On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, the epoch-making work of the great Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Fantoli delivers a sophisticated analysis of the intellectual milieu of the day, describes the Catholic Church’s condemnation of Copernicanism (1616) and of Galileo (1633), and assesses the church’s slow acceptance of the Copernican worldview. Fantoli criticizes the 1992 treatment by Cardinal Poupard and Pope John Paul II of the reports of the Commission for the Study of the Galileo Case and concludes that the Galileo Affair, far from being a closed question, remains more than ever a challenge to the church as it confronts the wider and more complex intellectual and ethical problems posed by the contemporary progress of science and technology. In clear and accessible prose geared to a wide readership, Fantoli has distilled forty years of scholarly research into a fascinating recounting of one of the most famous cases in the history of science.
Author : Jerome J. Langford
Release : 1992
Genre : Astronomy
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Book Synopsis Galileo, Science, and the Church by : Jerome J. Langford
Download or read book Galileo, Science, and the Church written by Jerome J. Langford. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A penetrating account of the confrontation between Galileo and the Church of Rome
Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Release : 2010-01-15
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Defending Copernicus and Galileo by : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Download or read book Defending Copernicus and Galileo written by Maurice A. Finocchiaro. This book was released on 2010-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although recent works on Galileo’s trial have reached new heights of erudition, documentation, and sophistication, they often exhibit inflated complexities, neglect 400 years of historiography, or make little effort to learn from Galileo. This book strives to avoid such lacunae by judiciously comparing and contrasting the two Galileo affairs, that is, the original controversy over the earth’s motion ending with his condemnation by the Inquisition in 1633, and the subsequent controversy over the rightness of that condemnation continuing to our day. The book argues that the Copernican Revolution required that the hypothesis of the earth’s motion be not only constructively supported with new reasons and evidence, but also critically defended from numerous old and new objections. This defense in turn required not only the destructive refutation, but also the appreciative understanding of those objections in all their strength. A major Galilean accomplishment was to elaborate such a reasoned, critical, and fair-minded defense of Copernicanism. Galileo’s trial can be interpreted as a series of ecclesiastic attempts to stop him from so defending Copernicus. And an essential thread of the subsequent controversy has been the emergence of many arguments claiming that his condemnation was right, as well as defenses of Galileo from such criticisms. The book’s particular yet overarching thesis is that today the proper defense of Galileo can and should have the reasoned, critical, and fair-minded character which his own defense of Copernicus had.
Author : Ron Miller
Release : 2013-10-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Recentering the Universe by : Ron Miller
Download or read book Recentering the Universe written by Ron Miller. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sixth century B.C.E., the Greek philosopher Anaximander theorized that Earth was at the center of the cosmos. That idea became ingrained in scientific thinking and Christian religious beliefs for more than one thousand years. Defiance of church doctrine could mean death, so no one dared dispute this long-accepted idea. No one except a handful of courageous scientists. In the 1500s and 1600s, men like Nicolaus Copernicus, Johanned Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton began to ask questions. What if Earth actually orbited the sun, instead of the other way around? What if the universe was much bigger than anyone imagined? These scientists risked their reputations?even their lives?to challenge the very heart of Catholic dogma and scientific tradition. Yet, in less than 200 years, their radical thinking overturned theories that had lasted more than a millennium. Join these bold thinkers on the journey of discovery that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos.
