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Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992
Language: en
Pages: 498
Authors: Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-10-17 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"This is must reading for historians of science and a delight for the interested public. From his access to many primary sources in the Vatican Library and from
The Trial of Galileo, 1612-1633
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Thomas F. Mayer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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English translations of primary documents.
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Language: en
Pages: 642
Authors: Galileo
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-02 - Publisher: Modern Library

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Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of his being brought to trial before th
The Trial of Galileo
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In 1633, the Roman Inquisition condemned Galileo as a suspected heretic for defending Copernicus's hypothesis of the earth's motion and denying the scientific a
Galileo
Language: en
Pages: 500
Authors: David Wootton
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-26 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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“Demonstrates an awesome command of the vast Galileo literature . . . [Wootton] excels in boldly speculating about Galileo’s motives” (The New York Times