Galileo: A Very Short Introduction by Stillman Drake

Very Short Introductions #44

Galileo: A Very Short Introduction

Stillman Drake

152 pages paperback 2001

4 editions

nonfiction biography history science informative medium-paced
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In a startling reinterpretation of Galileo's trial, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's prosecution and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church but by the hostility of contemporary philosopher...

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