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Title The Galileo affair : a documentary history / edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Maurice A. Finocchiaro.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California, [1989]
©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series California studies in the history of science
California studies in the history of science.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Religion and science -- History.
Religion and science.
History.
Inquisition.
Inquisition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Finocchiaro, Maurice A., 1942-
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Correspondence. Selections. English.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Essays. Selections. English.
Other Form: Print version: Galileo affair. Berkeley : University of California, ©1989 0520063600 (DLC) 88031503 (OCoLC)18780253
ISBN 9780520909298 (electronic book)
0520909291 (electronic book)
0585272913 (electronic book)
9780585272917 (electronic book)
1282355511
9781282355514
0520063600 (alkaline paper)
0520066626 (paperback ; alkaline paper)