Galileo: Watcher of the Skies Tapa blanda - 2013

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Like New.

Yale University Press, 2013. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale Univ Pr, 2013. Paperback. New. 344 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. 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 Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years onwards.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Yale University Press, 2013 12mo (19.5 cm), XII, 328 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). "A provocative and penetrating new life of Galileo, placing the man, his achievements, and his failures in the broader history of the Scientific Revolution. 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 physical (though not intellectual) decline. Wootton reveals much that is new--from Galileo's premature Copernicanism to a previously unrecognized illegitimate daughter--and, controversially, rejects the long-established orthodoxy which holds that Galileo was a good Catholic." (from the blurb)