Galileo : a very short introduction / Stillman Drake.
"Galileo's scientific method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy." "In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition in 1633 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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- ISBN: 0192854569
- ISBN: 9780192854568
- Physical Description: 127 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2001.
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General Note: | Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1980, in series: Past masters. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1 The background -- 2 Galileo's early years -- 3 Conflicts with philosophers -- 4 Conflicts with astronomers and theologians -- 5 The dialogue and the Inquisition -- 6 The final years. |
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Subject: | Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Astronomers > Italy > Biography. Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 > Trials, litigation, etc. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QB 36 .G2 .D73 2001 | 30775305475239 | General Collection | Available | - |