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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Drake, Stillman. Galileo. New York : Hill and Wang, c1980 (OCoLC)763321049 |
| Named Person: | Galileo Galilei |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stillman Drake |
| ISBN: | 0809048507 9780809048502 |
| OCLC Number: | 7107840 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | vii, 100 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | The background -- Galileo's early years -- Conflicts with philosophers -- Conflicts with astronomers and theologians -- The Dialogue and the Inquisition -- The final years. |
| Series Title: | Past masters series. |
| Responsibility: | by Stillman Drake. |
Abstract:
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 over whelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. This book is intended for students from sixth-form level upwards studying the history of science/science and philosophy.
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