Book 2007
Galileo's Instruments of Credit
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- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Moral and ethical aspects
- Criticism and interpretation
- Research
- Discoveries in science
- History
- Fernrohr
- Wissenschaftliches Instrument
- Geschichte
The author proposes radical interpretations of key episodes of Galileo's career, including his telescopic discoveries of 1610 the dispute over sunspots, and the conflict with the Holy Office over the relationship between Copernicanism and Scripture.