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Galileo and the science deniers / Mario Livio.

Livio, Mario, 1945- (author.).

Summary:

"A biography of the great astronomer and scientist, and an examination of the faith vs. science question, then and now, written by a noted astrophysicist and author"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501194733 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Rebel with a cause -- A humanist scientist -- A leaning tower and inclined planes -- A Copernican -- Every action has a reaction -- Into a minefield -- This proposition is foolish and absurd -- A battle of pseudonyms -- The assayer -- The Dialogo -- The gathering storm -- The trial -- I abjure, curse, and detest -- One old man, two new sciences -- Galileo : the final years -- The saga of Pio Paschini -- Galileo's and Einstein's thoughts on science and religion -- One culture!
Subject: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Astronomers > Italy > Biography.
Faith and reason > Christianity.
Religion and science.
Scientists > Italy > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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