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Author:

Livio, Mario, 1945- author.

Title:

Galileo and the denialists / Mario Livio.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

286 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642.
Astronomers--Italy--Biography.
Scientists--Italy--Biography.
Religion and science.
Faith and reason--Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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 -- On the interface between science and religion : Galileo and Einstein -- One culture!

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.

ISBN:

1501194739
9781501194733 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2019032142

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