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Author Drake, Stillman.

Title Galileo : a very short introduction / Stillman Drake.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series A very short introduction ; 44
Very short introductions ; 44.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
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.
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Subject Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography.
Astronomers.
Italy.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Drake, Stillman. Galileo. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (DLC) 2001269133
ISBN 9780191540516 (e-book)
019154051X (e-book)
0192854569
9780192854568