Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions
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.
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Stillman Drake (formerly Professor of the History of Science, University of Toronto) – Oxford University Press