Galileo: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Galileo: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192854568

ISBN-10: 0192854569

ISBN-13: 9780192854568

Edition: 2001

Authors: Stillman Drake

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In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy.

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



List of illustrations


Introduction



The background



Galileo's early years



Conflicts with philosophers



Conflicts with astronomers and theologians



The Dialogue and the Inquisition



The final years


Reading list


Index