Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (669 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195177584 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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David said The Galileo of History. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in understanding the Galileo affair as an historical event and not simply as the stereotype of obscurantist religion fearing the truths of science. Built around Galileo's six trips to Rome, the authors give a lucid explanation of Galileo's life and work. Galileo's is ever more succ. A Fine Introduction to a Famous Controversy The trial of Galileo for endorsing the Copernican idea of a sun-centered cosmos is of course infamous in the conflict of religion and science. In all Galileo made six visits to Rome to find work and sponsor his ideas. He became quite famous, and also quite controversial in his day. What is less known is the context of why Galileo'. The Portrait of a Real Gadfly of the Seventeenth Century. I wish that this book would have been available for my "Galileo" lectures which I delivered as part of the Western Civilization and Culture team at the small liberal arts college where I taught. I had always been a little upset because of Galileo's recanting of heliocentralism. I attributed that to the notion, suggested by some, w
Drawing on a wealth of letters and archives, the authors construct a nuanced portrait of the complex web of political and religious institutional forces that constituted 17th-century Rome, showing that the trial of Galileo was as much the product of tension between the pope and the grand duke of Tuscany (Galileo's patron) and of Galileo's arrogance when dealing with Jesuit astronomers as it was a result of the oppressive Inquisition. From Publishers Weekly One of the best-known episodes in the history of science is Galileo's run-in with the Catholic Church, which left him under house arrest and his Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems on the Church's Index of Prohibited Books. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. While engaging and accessible (if at moments awkwardly written), this is less a general biography than a detailed study of Galileo's six visits to Rome and best suited to readers looking
Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced account of Galileo's relationship with Rome. He disobeyed a Church order not to teach the heliocentric theory. The book offers a fascinating account of the six trips Galileo made to Rome, from his first visit at age 23, as an unemployed mathematician, to his final fateful journey to face the Inquisition. Here then is a unique look at the life of Galileo as well as a strikingly different view of an event that has come to epitomize the Church's supposed antagonism toward s