Stillman Drake: 2 books
Galileo
Pioneer Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1990
Since publication of Stillman Drake’s landmark volume, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography, new and exciting information has come to light about this towering figure in the history of Western science. Drawing largely from Galileo’s manuscript working papers, Drake now adds a wealth of detail...
by Stillman Drake
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2001
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...