Galileo

Vydavateľstvo: Oxford University Press
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ISBN: 9780192854568

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Galileo is the best known figure in the history of astronomy -- known for his insistence that the sun, rather than the earth, is the centre of the solar system, and for being the first person to use a... Viac o knihe

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Galileo is the best known figure in the history of astronomy -- known for his insistence that the sun, rather than the earth, is the centre of the solar system, and for being the first person to use a telescope to observe the heavens
His work was also of huge importance in providing the basis for modern physics
Stillman Drake was one of the most important authorities on Galileo`s work, and translated many of his scientific writings
Controversial views about the causes of Galileo`s trial and condemnation by the Inquisition

In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo`s trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers.
Galileo`s own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo`s method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy.