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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. Życiński.

LIBRA Q125.2 .G34 1984
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Language:
English
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Genre:
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
179 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Città del Vaticano : Specola Vaticana, 1985.
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  • Why Galileo's research program superceded rival programs / J.M. Źyciński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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographies.
OCLC:
16831024

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