Paolucci's idiosyncratic selection of readings on the Galileo- Copernicus controversy, published originally in 1962, is presented in a new edition with addition

Paolucci's idiosyncratic selection of readings on the Galileo- Copernicus controversy, published originally in 1962, is presented in a new edition with addition

“Demonstrates an awesome command of the vast Galileo literature . . . [Wootton] excels in boldly speculating about Galileo’s motives” (The New York Times

Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of his being brought to trial before th