GALILEO by Drake, Stillman ISBN 0192854569
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Galileo's method was of significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. Using Galileo's lucid arguments, this work shows how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws.
In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and 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 was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. The text of this book previously appeared in the 'Past Masters' series.
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GALILEO
[edit] Author
Drake, Stillman
[edit] ISBN
0192854569
[edit] Published
22/02/2001
[edit] Publisher
Oxford University Press
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paperback
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6.99 (GBP)
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