Galileo and the science deniers /

Galileo and the science deniers / Mario Livio.

"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"--

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Livio, Mario, 1945- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Astronomers > Italy > Biography.
Scientists > Italy > Biography.
Religion and science.
Faith and reason > Christianity.
Astronomers.
Scientists.
Italy.
Biographies.
Table of 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
  • Galileo : the final years
  • The saga of Pio Paschini
  • On the interface between science and religion : Galileo and Einstein
  • One culture!

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