This collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the Church. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Galileo available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Galileo.
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This collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the church. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies.New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Galileo available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Galileo.
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I used this book as a way to understand Galileo's laws of motion. I never ceased to be amazed at how he came up with so much with so little. Our current scientists owe him an insurmountable debt. The scholarship is top-notch.
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The aura surrounding Galileo as founder of modern science disposes many of those writing about him to start in medias res with an account of his discoveries with the telescope, or with his dialogues on the world systems and the two new sciences, or with the trial and the tragic events surrounding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The aura surrounding Galileo as founder of modern science disposes many of those writing about him to start in medias res with an account of his discoveries with the telescope, or with his dialogues on the world systems and the two new sciences, or with the trial and the tragic events surrounding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
demonstration potissima, double distance rule, demonstrative regressus, motu antiquiora, virtus impressa, inertial mechanics, discoveries with the telescope, proportional geometry, tidal argument, celestial discoveries, concerning sunspots, salvation value, mixed sciences, speed theorem, chief world systems, cosmology relate, independence principle, physical propositions, impressed force, two new sciences, exegetical principles, vis inertiae, physical conclusions, edizione nazionale, mathematical entities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Galileo Galilei, New York, Stillman Drake, Holy Office, Grand Duchess, Grand Duke, Holy Spirit, Holy Scripture, University of Chicago Press, Collegio Romano, Notre Dame, Santa Croce, Pope John Paul, University of California Press, Antonio Favaro, Starry Messenger, University of Wisconsin Press, Vatican City, Council of Trent, Man of Science, Pope Pius, Posterior Analytics, Sidereal Messenger, Basic Books, Cambridge University Press New!
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- Galileo: Two New Sciences by Galileo Galilei on 14 pages
- Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican by Galileo Galilei on 9 pages
- Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Aristotle) by Aristotle on 9 pages
- Galileo and the Art of Reasoning: Rhetorical Foundation of Logic and Scientific Method (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science) by M.A. Finocchiaro on 4 pages
- The Crime of Galileo by Giorgio de Santillana on 4 pages
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- The Church And Galileo (Studies in Science and the Humanities from the Reilly Center for Science Technology and Values) by Ernan McMullin on 12 pages
- From Eudoxus to Einstein: A History of Mathematical Astronomy by C. M. Linton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ernan Mcmullin And Critical Realism in the Science-theology Dialogue (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies) ... in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies) by Paul Laurence Allen on page 148, page 149, and Back Matter
- Reasoning in Biological Discoveries: Essays on Mechanisms, Interfield Relations, and Anomaly Resolution (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Lindley Darden in Front Matter, page 38, and Back Matter
- The Jesuits II: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773 (v. 2) by Gauvin Alexander Bailey on page 309, and page 330
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