The Case of Galileo : A Closed Question?
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780268079727
- 520.92
- QB36.G2 F2613 2012
Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Presentation -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: From Galileo's Birth to His Teaching Years in Padua -- Chapter 2: Copernicanism and the Bible -- Chapter 3: The Scriptural Controversy Grows -- Chapter 4: The Copernican Doctrine Is Declared to Be Contrary to Holy Scripture -- Chapter 5: From the Polemics on the Comets to the Dialogue -- Chapter 6: The Trial and Condemnation of Galileo -- Chapter 7: The Burdensome Inheritance of the Galileo Affair -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
The Case of Galileo presents the scientific, philosophical, and theological factors that impacted Galileo's trial, all set within the historical progression of Galileo's writing and personal interactions with his contemporaries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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