On Trial For Reason: Science, Religion, and Culture in the Galileo Affair by Maurice A. Finocchiaro

On Trial For Reason: Science, Religion, and Culture in the Galileo Affair

Maurice A. Finocchiaro

304 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

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In 1633 the Roman Inquisition condemned Galileo as a suspected heretic for defending the astronomical theory that the earth moves, and implicitly assuming the theological principle that Scripture is not scientific authority. This controversial eve...

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