Ebook: Galileo: watcher of the skies
Author: Galilei Galileo, Wootton David
- Tags: Galilei Galileo, 1564-1642, Biografije, astronomi
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- City: London, New Haven
- Language: English
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Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer, and author, David Wootton places him at the center of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years; the beginnings of his scientific career constructing a "new physics"; his move to Florence seeking money, status, and greater freedom to attack intellectual orthodoxies; his trial for heresy and narrow escape from torture; and his house arrest and Read more...
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Galileo (1564-1642) is one of the most important and controversial figures in the history of science. Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer and author, the author places him at the centre of Read more...
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