| Description |
xii, 485 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-466) and index. |
| Contents |
The condemnation of Galileo (1633) -- Promulgation and diffusion of the news (1633-1651) -- Emblematic reactions: Descartes, Peiresc, Galileo's daughter (1633-1642) -- Secularism, liberalism, fundamentalism (1633-1661) -- Compromises: Viviani, Auzout, Leibniz (1654-1704) -- Myth-making or enlightenment? Pascal, Voltaire, the Encyclopedia (1657-1777) -- Incompetence or enlightenment? Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) -- New lies, documents, myths, apologies (1758-1797) -- Napoleonic wars and trials (1810-1821) -- The inquisition on Galileo's side? The Settele affairs (1820) and beyond (1835) -- Varieties of torture: Demythologizing Galileo's trial? (1835-1867) -- A miscarriage of justice? The documentation of impropriety (1867-1879) -- Galileo right again, wrong again: Hermeneutics, epistemology, "Heresy" (1866-1928) -- A catholic hero: tricentennial rehabilitation (1941-1947) -- Secular indictments: Brecht's atomic bomb and Koestler's two cultures (1947-1959) -- History on trial: the Paschini Affair (1941-1979) -- More "rehabilitation": Pope John Paul II (1979-1992). |
| Subject |
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. |
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Religion and science -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
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Religion and science. |
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Italy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
| ISBN |
0520242610 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520242616 cloth alkaline paper |
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