Beschrijving
In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo’s condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo’s own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method—based on a search not for causes but for laws—was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics. His methodology had a definitive impact on the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy.
Boekdetails
Formaat
Hardcover
Pagina's
100 pagina's
Taal
Engels
Gepubliceerd
jan. 1, 1980
Uitgever
Hill and Wang
Edities
5 edities
ISBN-10
0192875272
ISBN-13
9780192875273