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Galileo and the denialists / Mario Livio
By: Livio, Mario [author]
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BookPublisher: New York ; London : Simon & Schuster, c2020Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.Description: xv, 286 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 24 centimetres.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501194733.Subject(s): Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 | Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography | Scientists -- Italy -- Biography | Religion and science -- History | Faith and reason -- Christianity
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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.
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!
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Science Museum London Dana Research Centre Library: Books | Science & Technology Studies Collection | 92 GAL LIVIO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2402277516 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-269) and index.
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