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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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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Government document
- Conference Name:
- Galileo Affair: a Meeting of Faith and Science (1984 : Kraków, Poland)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science, Renaissance--Congresses.
- Science, Renaissance.
- Religion and science--History--16th century--Congresses.
- Religion and science.
- History.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642--Congresses.
- Galilei, Galileo.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- 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- Why Galileo's research program superceded rival programs / J.M. Źyciński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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