Where have all the heavens gone? Galileo's letter to the Grand Duchess Christina / edited by John P. McCarthy & Edmondo F. Lupieri.
| Other author | McCarthy, John P. (John Paul), 1948- |
| Other author | Lupieri, Edmondo. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2017] |
| Description | xv, 100 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Where have all the heavens gone? : Galileo and the birth of modern science / George Coyne -- The letter to Grand Duchess Christina : justice, reinterpretation and piety / John McCarthy -- Galileo's letter to Christina and the cultural certainty of the Bible / Maro Pesce -- Galileo's telescope / Dennis D. McCarthy -- Galileo's contributions to mechanics / Asim Gangopadhyaya. |
| Abstract | "Twenty years before his famous trial, Galileo Galilei had spent two years carefully considering how the results of his own telescopic observations of the heavens as well as his convictions about the truth of the Copernican theory could be aligned with the Catholic Church's position on biblical interpretation and the authority of the magisterium. The product of these two years was an unpublished letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, the mother of his patron, Cosimo II de' Medici"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017394772 |
| ISBN | 9781498295987 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781498296007 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |