Galileo
(Part of the Very Short Introductions (#44) Series and Oxford's Very Short Introductions series (#44) Series)
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In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method--based on a search not for causes but for laws--was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics. His methodology had a...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1402768869
ISBN13:9781402768866
Release Date:February 2010
Publisher:Sterling
Length:180 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 7.4"
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