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The Galileo affair : a documentary history / edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Maurice A. Finocchiaro. - Berkeley : University of California, �1989. - 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations. - California studies in the history of science . - California studies in the history of science. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index.

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.

"A classic introduction to Galileo's masterpiece."--William A. Wallace, author of Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof."--

ISBN: 9780520909298 0520909291 0585272913 9780585272917 1282355511 9781282355514

Source: 22573/cttt0rgk JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion and science--History.
Inquisition.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Mechanical.
SCIENCE--General.
Inquisition.
Religion and science.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: QB36.G2 / G319 1989eb

Dewey Class. No.: 621.5/5