Galileo in Rome : the rise and fall of a troublesome genius / William R. Shea, Mariano Artigas.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 272 p. : ill. ; (pbk) 24 cmISBN:- 9780195177589 (pbk.) :
- 520.92 22
- QB36.G2
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520 POS The Gobsmacking Galaxy | 520 SPA The stargazer's handbook / | 520.9 Galileo : ""I say, that the Earth moves and the sun stands still"" / | 520.92 Galileo in Rome : | 520.92 Galileo / | 523 Stars & planets / / | 523 Space and time |
Originally published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Presenting a new account of Galileo's struggles with the church, this title looks at arguments on both sides of the dispute, taking into account the religious and scientific conventions of the time.
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