The Galileo affair, a Meeting of Faith and Science
Subtitle: proceedings of the Cracow conference, 24 to 27 May 1984
By: edited by G.V. Coyne, M. Heller, and J. Życiński.
Contributors: Coyne, G. V.; Heller, Michał.; Życiński, Józef.
Publisher: Specola Vaticana
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Città del Vaticano
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Congresses; Science, Renaissance -- Congresses; Religion and science -- History -- 16th century -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Galileo's concept of science / W.A. Wallace; title: The rhetoric of proof in Galileo's writings on the Copernican system / J. Dietz Moss; title: The problem of the annual parallax in Galileo's time / J. Casanovas; title: Galileo's religion / O. Pedersen; title: The young Bellarmine's thoughts on world systems / G.V. Coyne and U. Baldini; title: Galileo's relativity / M. Heller; title: Galileo's views on infinity / M. Lubański; title: Why Galileo's research program superceded rival programs / J.M. Źyciński; title: Limits to the applicability of Galilean methodology / K. Rudnicki; title: Galileo and the tyranny of truth / P. Feyerabend; title: Myth and imagination in Galileo's discovery / F.M. Heltzler.