Earth Moves Galileo and the Roman Inquisition

Name: Earth Moves Galileo and the Roman Inquisition
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ISBN: 9780393066500

ISBN-10: 0393066509

ISBN-13: 9780393066500

Edition: 2009

Authors: Dan Hofstadter, Hofstadter, Dan Hofstadter

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A cogent portrayal of the beginnings of modern science and a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought. Celebrated, controversial, condemned, Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the conflict between science and religion. In Galileoâ€™s day, Rome was the capital of a sovereign theocratic power, which in 1600 had executed Giordano Bruno on similar charges and reserved the right to torture Galileo. Galileo was then sixty-nine years old and the most venerated scientist in Italy.…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/26/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Dan Hofstadter is the author of The Earth Moves and Falling Palace: A Romance of Naples (a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir). He has lived in Florence and Naples and speaks and reads Italian fluently. He lives in Rensselaerville, New York.