The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue: Routledge Guidebook To Galileo's Dialogue (The Routledge Guides to the Great Books)

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The publication in 1632 of Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican　marked a crucial moment in the ‘scientific revolution’ and helped Galileo become the ‘father of modern science’. The Dialogue　contains Galileo’s mature synthesis of astronomy, physics, and methodology, and a critical confirmation of Copernicus’s hypothesis of the earth’s motion. However, the book also led Galileo to stand trial with the Inquisition, in what became known as ‘the greatest scandal in Christendom’.In The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue, Maurice A. Finocchiaro introduces and analyzes: the intellectual background and historical context of the Copernican controversy and Inquisition trial; the key arguments and critiques that Galileo presents on both sides of the ‘dialogue’; the Dialogue’s content and significance from three special points of view: science, methodology, and rhetoric; the enduring legacy of the Dialogue　and the ongoing application of its approach to other areas. This is an essential introduction for all students of science, philosophy, history, and religion wanting a useful guide to Galileo’s great classic.
Copyright:
2014

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
366 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781136010965
Related ISBNs:
9780203700303, 9780415503686, 9780415503679
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality, Philosophy
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Bookshare Staff
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