ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

The Case of Galileo : A Closed Question?

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (191 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780268079727
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Case of GalileoDDC classification:
  • 520.92
LOC classification:
  • QB36.G2 F2613 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.