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Galileo, Science and the Church (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)Jerome J. LangfordBooks |
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GalileoDavid WoottonGalileo |
Galileo (1564–1642) is one of the most important and controversial figures in the history of science. A hero of modern science and key to its birth, he was also a deeply divided man: a scholar committed to the establishment of scientific truth yet forced to concede the importance of faith, and a brilliant analyst of the elegantly mathematical workings of nature yet bungling and insensitive with his own family. 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) decline. Wootton reveals much that is new—from Galileo's premature Copernicanism to a previously unrecognized illegitimate daughter—and, controversially, rejects the long-established orthodoxy which holds that Gali... |
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GalileoJohn HeilbronBooks |
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Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo Galileo Galilei
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Galileo Galilei
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Life of Galileo (Penguin Classics) Bertolt Brecht
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Galileo for Kids Richard Panchyk
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The Essential Galileo Galileo Galilei
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The martyrs of science; or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and KeplerDavid BrewsterBooks |
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Galileo Bertolt Brecht
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The sequel to "Fractured Allegiance"
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Galileo's DaughterDava SobelGalileo |
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Religion and science from Galileo to Bergson John Charlton Hardwick
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