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Galileo Heretic.
by Redondi, Pietro
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0691084513
- ISBN 13
- 9780691084510
- Seller
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton Univ. Pr. (1987).. First American edition. Black cloth. F in F DJ. . Fine. Hardcover. F.
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On Apr 11 2009, KarenL said:
An interesting twist on the tired story of Galileo v the Church. While Galileo did use telescopes to look at the moon and sun, he was a scientist and a great reader --- He also was atomist, or a believer in invisible corpuscles [Read his "The Assayer" 1623] of matter that could not be changed.
Thinking like this was dangerous in 1600's The Council of Trent produced reams of parchment on all sorts of topic -- one was the belief of Transubstantion. The 30 Years War was ongoing. It was not wise to have a scientist teach that atoms of x could not become q with magic words.
I enjoyed this book, its research, and its use of Latin. It open the door for more research.
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- Pride and Prejudice-Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2292
- Title
- Galileo Heretic.
- Author
- Redondi, Pietro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- F
- ISBN 10
- 0691084513
- ISBN 13
- 9780691084510
- Publisher
- Princeton: Princeton Univ. Pr. (1987).
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, Nj
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Keywords
- SCIENCE. HISTORY.
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