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Author : Thomas F. Mayer
Release : 2012-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 197/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Trial of Galileo, 1612-1633 by : Thomas F. Mayer
Download or read book The Trial of Galileo, 1612-1633 written by Thomas F. Mayer. This book was released on 2012-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English translations of primary documents.
Author : Galileo
Release : 2001-10-02
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by : Galileo
Download or read book Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems written by Galileo. This book was released on 2001-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of his being brought to trial before the Inquisition. Using the dialogue form, a genre common in classical philosophical works, Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic one, proving, for the first time, that the earth revolves around the sun. Its influence is incalculable. The Dialogue is not only one of the most important scientific treatises ever written, but a work of supreme clarity and accessibility, remaining as readable now as when it was first published. This edition uses the definitive text established by the University of California Press, in Stillman Drake’s translation, and includes a Foreword by Albert Einstein and a new Introduction by J. L. Heilbron.
Author : Giorgio de Santillana
Release : 1955
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 811/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Crime of Galileo by : Giorgio de Santillana
Download or read book The Crime of Galileo written by Giorgio de Santillana. This book was released on 1955. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galileo's scientific work which led him into a quarrel with the church.
Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Release : 2007-10-17
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 876/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992 by : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Download or read book Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992 written by Maurice A. Finocchiaro. This book was released on 2007-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is must reading for historians of science and a delight for the interested public. From his access to many primary sources in the Vatican Library and from his broad knowledge of the history of the 17th century, Finocchiaro acquaints readers in an interesting manner with the historical facts of Galileo's trial, its aftermath, and its repercussions. Unlike many other works which present predetermined and, at times, prejudiced judgments, this work provides exhaustive evidence to allow readers to develop their own informed opinion on the subject.”—George V. Coyne, Director, Vatican Astronomical Observatory “The tragic condemnation of Galileo by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633 has become the single most potent symbol of authoritarian opposition to new ideas. Pioneering in its scope, Finocchiaro's book provides a fascinating account of how the trial and its cultural significance have been freshly reconstructed by scholars and polemicists down the ages. With a philosopher's eye for fine distinctions, the author has written an exciting commentary on the successive appearance of new primary sources and their exploitation for apologetic and secular purposes.”—John Hedley Brooke, author of Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives "If good history begins with good facts, then Retrying Galileo should be the starting point for all future discussions of the post-trial phase of the Galileo affair. Maurice Finocchiaro's myth-busting documentary history is not only a repository of little-known sources but a pleasure to read as well.”—Ronald L. Numbers, co-editor of When Christianity and Science Meet “Retrying Galileo tells the less well-known half of the Galileo affair: its long and complex history after 1633. Finocchiaro has performed an invaluable service in writing a book that explores how the trial and condemnation of Galileo has been received, debated, and reinterpreted for over three and a half centuries. We are not yet done with this contentious story.”—Paula E. Findlen, Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Director of the Science, Technology and Society Program, Stanford University
Author : Richard J. Blackwell
Release : 2008
Genre : Astronomy, Renaissance
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Book Rating : 105/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes at Galileo's Trial by : Richard J. Blackwell
Download or read book Behind the Scenes at Galileo's Trial written by Richard J. Blackwell. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Richard Blackwell offers yet another important volume for our understanding of the context and thought around the trial of Galileo and more broadly the interaction of theology and science in the early modern era. Blackwell's scholarship is well known to Galileo scholars. . . . This latest volume makes Melchior Inchofer's Tractatus syllepticus (1633) available in English for the first time, affording those lacking Latin better insights into the mind of the advisor to the Holy Office of the (Roman) Inquisition who gave the most detailed analysis of Galileo's Dialogue. Blackwell's five introductory chapters set Inchofer and other dramatis personae in Galileo's life in the context of the history of theology as well as of science. Blackwell especially considers the biblical hermeneutics that prompted figures like Inchofer to conclude that the Bible in fact taught the immobility of the Earth." --Journal for the History of Astronomy
