Galileo Galilei
Subtitle: a biography and inquiry into his philosophy of science.
By: Foreword by Giorgio de Santillana. Text translated from the Italian with additional notes and appendix by Stillman Drake.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Description: The author is interested in the biographical details only as a framework for the study of Galileo's complex philosophy of science. Subtly and with precision he analyzes the streams of thought which influenced his eminent countryman in order to understand what Galileo himself believed he could accomplish by continuing to explore areas closed to him by religious orthodoxy.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 227-251)