| Galileo Galilei: At the Threshold of the Scientific Age 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Osterhage, Wolfgang W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319917781 ISBN-13: 9783319917788 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $75.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Astronomy - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 501 |
| Series: Springer Biographies |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.91 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new scientific biography explores the influences on, and of, Galileo's exceptional work, thereby revealing novel connections with the worldviews of his age and beyond. Galileo Galilei's contribution to science is unquestionable. And his conflict with the church establishment of his time is no less famous. In this book, authored by a physicist and history scholar, Galileo's life and work are described against a backdrop of the prior scientific state of the art in his various fields of achievement. Particular emphasis is placed on Galileo's vision of the world in relation to historic and also future cosmological models. The impact of his discoveries and theories for the later development of physics and astronomy is a further focus of the narrative. |