Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science
Subtitle: Volume III
Contributors: Noel M. Swerdlow (Editor); T.H. Levere (Editor)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: January 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780802043443
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; History of science; Philosophy; Science; History; Astronomy; Philosophy & Social Aspects; History & Surveys - General; Astronomy - General; History / Renaissance; 1564-1642; Galilei, Galileo,; Knowledge
First sentence: For a century it has been universally assumed that Galileo wrote his celebrated Dialogue in a deliberate attempt to defeat the purpose of an edict issued by the Church to prohibit Copernican books.