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For the last four hundred years, Galileo has fascinated and inspired writers, theologians, playwrights, historians, and scientists. As the founder of modern science and the embodiment of the conflict between science and faith, Galileo remains the most fascinating figure of his age. Here James Reston, Jr., presents a lively, dramatic portrait of Galileo, one that not only takes us to the heart of this passionate, embattled, prickly, vain, arrogant,...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Rooted in an analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of modern science and based on the early twentieth-century work of Arthur Eddington and Bertrand Russell, Goff makes the case for panpsychism, a theory which posits that consciousness is not confined to biological entities but is a fundamental feature of all physical matter--from subatomic particles to the human brain. In Galileo's Error, he has provided the first step on a new path to the...
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Plays volume 5, pt. 1
Publisher
Eyre Methuen
Pub. Date
1980
Physical Desc
xxii, 265 p. ; 19 cm.
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English
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Very short introductions volume 44
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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"Galileo's scientific method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy." "In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition in 1633 was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers." "Galileo's own beautifully...
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English
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Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.
In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence...
14) Galileo
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xiv, 508 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
15) Who was Galileo?
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
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105 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia...
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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xii, 328 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer, and author, David Wootton places him at the center of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years; the beginnings of his scientific career constructing a "new physics"; his move to Florence seeking money, status, and greater freedom to attack intellectual orthodoxies; his trial for heresy and narrow escape from torture; and his house arrest and physical (though not intellectual)...
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Distributed by AOL Time Warner Book Group
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 298 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The modern understanding of the notorious 1633 trial of Galileo is that of Science and Reason persecuted by Ignorance and Superstition-of Galileo as a lonely, courageous freethinker oppressed by a reactionary and anti-intellectual institution fearful of losing its power and influence. But is this an accurate picture?
In his provocative reexamination of one of the turning points in the history of science and thought, Wade Rowland contends that the...
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Publisher
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Pub. Date
c1979
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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A biography of the 16th-century Italian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who questioned the accepted scientific theories of his time and was tried by the Inquisition for his ideas.
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Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2021.
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371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps, genealogical chart ; 24 cm
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English
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"Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, something happened that transformed the entire culture of western civilization. Painting, sculpture, and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what had taken place. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a completely new aspect. Sciences would be born--or emerge in an entirely new guise....
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