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Title The Galileo affair : a documentary history / edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Published Berkeley : University of California, ©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages)
Series California studies in the history of science
California studies in the history of science.
Contents Documents. I. Correspondence (1613-1615) ; II. Galileo's considerations on the Copernican opinion (1615) ; III. Galileo's letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615) ; IV. Galileo's discourse on the tides (1616) ; V. The earlier Inquisition proceedings (1615-1616) ; VI. Galileo's reply to Ingoli (1624) ; VII. Miscellaneous documents (1618-1633) ; VIII. Diplomatic correspondence (1632-1633) ; IX. The later Inquisition proceedings (1633) -- Appendixes. Chronology of events ; Concordance to the documents ; Biographical glossary
Summary "A classic introduction to Galileo's masterpiece."--William A. Wallace, author of Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index
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Subject Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
SUBJECT Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 fast
Subject Religion and science -- History.
Inquisition.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
SCIENCE -- General.
Inquisition
Religion and science
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Finocchiaro, Maurice A., 1942-
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Correspondence. Selections. English. 1989
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Essays. Selections. English. 1989
LC no. 2021700791
ISBN 9780520909298
0520909291
0585272913
9780585272917
1282355511
9781282355514