Galileo by Stillman Drake
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- Pub. Date: February 02, 2010
- 192pp
- Sales Rank: 771,914
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- Pub. Date: February 02, 2010
- Publisher: Sterling Publishing
- Format: Hardcover, 192pp
- Sales Rank: 771,914
- Series: A Brief Insight Series
- ISBN-13: 9781402768866
- ISBN: 1402768869
Synopsis
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 definitive impact on the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy.
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"An interesting and stimulating introduction to the life and works of Galileo by the doyen of Galilean studies."--Mathematical Reviews.
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University of Toronto (Emeritus)
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