The Achievement of Galileo

by Galilei, Galileo; Brophy, James D.; Paolucci, Henry

• ISBN13: 9780918680952
• ISBN10: 0918680956
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Griffon House Pubns

Summary

Galileo has been termed by Einstein "the father of modern science." Why that is so is the main burden of The Achievement of Galileo. Included in this volume are not only selections from his own works, full of the thrill and pride of discovery, but also assessments of his achievement by both his contemporaries and modern physicists like Philip Frank and Morris R. Cohen. This volume answers the urgent need to effect a better understanding between our scientific and nonscientific communities.

Table of Contents

Preface To New Edition	p. 5
Introduction: Twentieth Century Questions	p. 7
Discovery and the Burden of the Past
Introductory Note	p. 19
Galileo, from the Starry Messenger	p. 21
Galileo, from The Assayer	p. 31
Galileo, from the Dialogue on the Great World Systems	p. 33
The Copernican Controversy
Introductory Note	p. 41
Cardinal Bellarmine, Letter to Foscarini	p. 44
Galileo, Notes in response to Cardinal Bellarmine's letter	p. 47
Thomas Campanella, from The Defense of Galileo	p. 51
Galileo, from the Dialogue on the Great World Systems	p. 63
Galileo, Recantation	p. 109
Two New Sciences
Introductory Note	p. 111
Galileo, from the Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences	p. 112
The Judgment of Posterity
Introductory Note	p. 153
Paolo Frisi, "Galileo" from the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert	p. 155
Thomas Henri Martin, from Galileo	p. 170
Andrew Dickson White, from A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom	p. 186
Albert Einstein, "Foreword"	p. 204
Morris R. Cohen, from Studies in Philosophy and Science	p. 213
Philipp Frank, from Modern Science and Its Philosophy	p. 224
Pierre Duhem, from To Save the Phenomena	p. 237
Conclusion	p. 251
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