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The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue (Hardcover)
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The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue (Hardcover)
Series: 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.
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