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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815079903321

Autore

Fantoli Annibale <1924->

Titolo

The case of Galileo [[electronic resource] ] : a closed question? / / Annibale Fantoli ; translated by George V. Coyne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame, c2012

ISBN

0-268-15858-4

0-268-07972-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

520.92

Soggetti

Religion and science - Italy - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Presentation -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: From Galileo's Birth to His Teaching Years in Padua -- Chapter 2: Copernicanism and the Bible -- Chapter 3: The Scriptural Controversy Grows -- Chapter 4: The Copernican Doctrine Is Declared to Be Contrary to Holy Scripture -- Chapter 5: From the Polemics on the Comets to the Dialogue -- Chapter 6: The Trial and Condemnation of Galileo -- Chapter 7: The Burdensome Inheritance of the Galileo Affair -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Case of Galileo presents the scientific, philosophical, and theological factors that impacted Galileo's trial, all set within the historical progression of Galileo's writing and personal interactions with his contemporaries.