Galileo and the science deniers / Mario Livio.

By: Livio, Mario, 1945- [author.]
Language: English Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2020]Copyright date: © 2020Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback editionDescription: xii, 286 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501194740Subject(s): Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 | Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography | Scientists -- Italy -- Biography | Religion and science | Faith and reason -- ChristianityGenre/Form: Biographies. | Biographies.DDC classification: 520.92 | B LOC classification: QB36.G2 | L658 2020
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 -- The final years -- The saga of Pio Paschini -- Galileo and Einstein's thoughts on science and religion -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- The final years -- The saga of Pio Paschini -- Galileo and Einstein's thoughts on science and religion -- One culture!

"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.

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