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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date August 25, 1983
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780192875266
ISBN-10 0192875264
Dimensions 0.25 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight 0.20 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $8.95
Other format details university press
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Summary
A brief profile focuses on Galileo's revolutionary approach to science and his trial before the Inquisition
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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 over whelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. This book is intended for students from sixth-form level upwards studying the history of science/science and philosophy.

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Hardcover
from Hill & Wang Pub (February 1, 1981)
9780809048502 | details & prices | List price $11.95
About: A brief profile focuses on Galileo's revolutionary approach to science and his trial before the Inquisition
Paperback
Book cover for 9780192875266 Book cover for 9788420619415
 
from Alianza Editorial Sa (June 30, 2005)
9788420619415 | details & prices | 152 pages | List price $11.95
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from Oxford Univ Pr (August 25, 1983)
9780192875266 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $8.95
About: A brief profile focuses on Galileo's revolutionary approach to science and his trial before the Inquisition

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