The Case of Galileo: A Closed Question? - Softcover

Fantoli, Annibale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268028915 ISBN 13: 9780268028916

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Case of Galileo 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 we... Full description

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Review:

"The Case of Galileo offers an accessible overview of the controversy in its time. Written for a popular audience, and based on a more scholarly earlier book (Galileo For Copernicanism and for the Church), Fantoli's overview of the evidence here will offer interested readers a useful point of entry into the early modern controversy." --Comitatus

"This sage, sensitive account of one of the most infamous trials in history brims with new insights. Annibale Fantoli, uniquely qualified to explore the intricacies and implications of the case, has a finger on Galileo's pulse throughout the ordeal of his accusation and condemnation. Equally gripping is the author's depiction of the ongoing conflict between science and faith--the very struggle Galileo tried to avert--and what it portends for the future."--Dava Sobel, author of Galileo's Daughter and A More Perfect Heaven

About the Author:

An internationally known Galileo scholar, Annibale Fantoli is adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Victoria. An English edition of his biography Galileo: For Copernicanism and for the Church was published in 1994 by the Vatican Observatory and distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press. It has since reached a third edition and been translated into several languages.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0268028915
• ISBN 13: 9780268028916
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284