The Galileo affair, a Meeting of Faith and Science : proceedings of the Cracow conference, 24 to 27 May 1984 / edited by G.V. Coyne, M. Heller, and J. Źyciński.

  • Galileo Affair: a Meeting of Faith and Science (1984 : Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1985
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Cittá del Vaticano : Specola Vaticana, 1985.

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179 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Olschki

Contents

Galileo's concept of science / W.A. Wallace -- The rhetoric of proof in Galileo's writings on the Copernican system / J. Dietz Moss -- The problem of the annual parallax in Galileo's time / J. Casanovas -- Galileo's religion / O. Pedersen -- The young Bellarmine's thoughts on world systems / G.V. Coyne and U. Baldini -- Galileo's relativity / M. Heller -- Galileo's views on infinity / M. Lubański -- Why Galileo's research program superseded rival programs / J.M. Źyciński -- Limits to the applicability of Galilean methodology / K. Rudnicki -- Galileo and the tyranny of truth / P. Feyerabend -- Myth and imagination in Galileo's discovery / F.M. Heltzler.

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