Galileo and the Science Deniers
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: xv, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
"A biography of the great astronomer and scientist, and an examination of the faith vs. science question, then and now, written by a noted astrophysicist and author"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Rebel with a cause -- A humanist scientist -- A leaning tower and inclined planes -- A Copernican -- Every action has a reaction -- Into a minefield -- This proposition is foolish and absurd -- A battle of pseudonyms -- The assayer -- The Dialogo -- The gathering storm -- The trial -- I abjure, curse, and detest -- One old man, two new sciences -- The final years -- The saga of Pio Paschini -- Galileo's and Einstein's thoughts on science and religion -- One culture.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography.
Scientists -- Italy -- Biography.
Religion and science.
Faith and reason -- Christianity.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography.
Scientists -- Italy -- Biography.
Religion and science.
Faith and reason -- Christianity.
ISBN:
9781501194733
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BIOGRAPHY Galilei, Galileo | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.