Galileo: A Very Short Introduction by Stillman Drake

Galileo: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Stillman Drake

127 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative medium-paced
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In a startling reinterpretation of Galileo's trial, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's prosecution and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church but by the hostility of contemporary philosopher...

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