The Trial of Galileo: Essential Documents

Document Type

Monograph

Publication Date

9-3-2014

Publisher

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Publisher Location

Indianapolis, Il

First page number:

176

Abstract

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 authority of Scripture. This book draws upon Maurice A. Finocchiaro's earlier works, especially The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History (1989), to provide a brief, new documentary history of Galileo's trial that is simultaneously the most user-friendly and inclusive available.

Disciplines

Philosophy

Language

English


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