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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: California studies in the history of sciencePublication details: Berkeley : University of California, �1989.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520909298
  • 0520909291
  • 0585272913
  • 9780585272917
  • 1282355511
  • 9781282355514
Contained works:
  • Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Correspondence. Selections. English
  • Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Essays. Selections. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Galileo affair.DDC classification:
  • 621.5/5 19
LOC classification:
  • QB36.G2 G319 1989eb
Online resources:
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.
Abstract: "A classic introduction to Galileo's masterpiece."--William A. Wallace, author of Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof."-- Provided by publisher.
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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.

Print version record.

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

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