Galileo Heretic by Raymond Rosenthal, Pietro Redondi

356 pages first pub 1983 (view editions)

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At Galileo's trial in 1633, Inquisition officials forced him to renounce his heliocentric theory, which put the sun at the center of the universe. Yet according to Redondi, an Italian historian, the astronomer's downfall was set in motion a full y...

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