For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first
modern English translation of the "Dialogue Concerning the Two
Chief World Systems," Stillman Drake was the most original and
productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work. During those
years, Drake published sixteen books on Galileo, including
translations of almost all the major writings, and Galileo at Work,
the most comprehensive study of Galileo's life and works ever
written. Drake also published about 130 papers, of which nearly 100
are on Galileo and the rest on related aspects of the history and
philosophy of science. The three-volume collection "Essays on
Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science" includes 80 of
those papers.
In the papers included in Volume III, Drake explores some of the
more technical and practical aspects of Galileo's work, focusing on
his contributions to scientific instrumentation. The essays then
turn to the history of science, demonstrating the breadth of
Drake's interests both beyond and relating to the work of Galileo.
These interests are again evident in the final papers in the
collection, in which Drake writes on the philosophy of science and
language.
This collection draws to conclusion Drake's writings on Galileo,
capturing the influences and themes in Galileo's life and work.
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