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."--