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Galileo: A Very Short Introduction

by (author) Stillman Drake

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2001
Category
Science & Technology
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780192854568
    Publish Date
    Feb 2001
    List Price
    $13.50

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Description

In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and 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 was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy.

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Stillman Drake was Professor Emeritus at University of Toronto and his illustrious academic career spans over four decades.

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'stimulating and very convincing.' Theology

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