The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue
The publication in 1632 of Galileoas Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican marked a crucial moment in the ascientific revolutiona and helped Galileo become the afather of modern sciencea. The Dialogue contains Galileoas mature synthesis of astronomy, physics, and methodology, and a critical confirmation of Copernicusas hypothesis of the earthas motion. However, the book also led Galileo to stand trial with the Inquisition, in what became known as athe greatest scandal in Christendoma. 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 adialoguea; the Dialogueas 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 Galileoas great classic.... and compare and contrast the ways the mirror and the wall reflect light; you will see that the wall looks brighter than the ... Fold a sheet of paper into two equal parts, and let one part receive light perpendicularly and the other part obliquely;anbsp;...
| Title | : | The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue |
| Author | : | Maurice A. Finocchiaro |
| Publisher | : | Routledge - 2013-07-31 |
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