The Case of Galileo: A Closed Question?

by Annibale Fantoli

Book Overview

The "Galileo Affair" has been the locus of various and opposing appraisals for centuries: some view it as an historical event emblematic of the obscurantism of the Catholic Church, opposed a priori to the progress of science; others consider it a tragic reciprocal misunderstanding between Galileo, an arrogant and troublesome defender of the Copernican theory, and his theologian adversaries, who were prisoners of a narrow interpretation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268028915
• ISBN13: 9780268028916
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"