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The Cambridge Companion to Galileo

Peter Machamer editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Aug '98

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This 1998 collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work.

Not only a hero of the scientific revolution, but after his conflict with the church, a hero of science, Galileo is today rivalled in the popular imagination only by Newton and Einstein. But what did Galileo actually do, and what are the sources of the popular image we have of him? This 1998 collection of specially-commissioned essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the church. It will be of interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies.

ISBN: 9780521588416

Dimensions: 227mm x 151mm x 31mm

Weight: 650g

476 pages