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Indiana University Bloomington - SPRING 2011 | ||
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 | Galileo: A Very Short Introduction (Updated Edition) by [Galileo] Stillman Drake. Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-19-285456-9 / 0192854569 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-285456-8 / 9780192854568 In a startling reinterpretation of Galileo's trial, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's prosecution and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used | |