Galileo
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Author
Publication
1974 - Orion Publishing Group, Limited, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
66,000 words, Guess
Page Count
264 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100297768018
- ISBN-139780297768012
- LibraryThing1785803
- Goodreads6080177
- Library of Congress Control Number74195894
and 3 more
- Better World Books9780297768012
- Better World BooksO9-AGN-324
- Open LibraryOL5122340M
Classifications
- LCCQB36.G2
- DDC520/.92/4
- DDCB
and 1 more
- LCCQB36.G2 R58 1974b
Description
Galileo may have had a predilection for the life of an artist, yet he was essentially a man of science. He lived and breathed a new and revolutionary scientific air, and it is not possible to separate the man from his science, to ignore his work and expect to see his character in the round. Nevertheless I have tried, in this book, to keep his science in perspective and yet set him against the backcloth of his age and, above all, to trace the inexorable sequence of events that forced Galileo into his inevitable clash with the Inquisition. To do this I have made use of recent historical research that has shown not only the full extent of his scientific brilliance but, equally significant, has taken a more penetrating look at the background to the trial, the sentence, and Galileo's recantation. - Introduction.
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