Galileo : a very short introduction

Galileo : a very short introduction / Stillman Drake.

In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake here advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was not caused by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of other philosophers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drake, Stillman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:Very short introductions ; 44.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642
Astronomers > Italy > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Astronomers
Italy
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake here advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was not caused by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of other philosophers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
ISBN:9780191540516
019154051X
9780191606663
0191606669
1283097710
9781283097710
9786613097712
6613097713
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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