Galileo Observed.Galileo Observed William R. Shea and Mariano Artigas Mariano Artigas (1938-2006) is a physicist, philosopher and writer. He received the Templeton Foundation Award in 1995 for his work on science and religion. He wrote The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion Science History Publishing International PO Box 1240, Sagamore sag·a·more n. A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America. [Eastern Abenaki s  Beach, MA 02562-1240 0881353566 $30.00 www.shpusa.com William R. Shea (professor of History of Science, University of Padua History The university was founded in 1222 when a large group of students and professors left the University of Bologna in search of more academic freedom. The first subjects to be taught were jurisprudence and theology. ) and Mariano Artigas (Dean of the Ecclesiastical Faculty, University of Navarra The University confers 27 official degrees and administers more than 300 postgraduate programs (including 33 doctoral programs and 13 master's programs) through 10 schools, 2 superior colleges, 2 university schools, its world-renowned graduate business school, IESE ("Instituto de , Spain) present Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief, a history written to set the record straight about what really happened at Galileo's famous trial, unmuddled by propaganda or novelizations. Skeptically examining all available historical sources, from claims that Galileo was port in chains and subjected to torture or that a forged document was brought forth at his trial, to numerous comparisons between Galileo and the friar Giordano Bruno Noun 1. Giordano Bruno - Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600) Bruno , Galileo Observed strives to uncover the truth or its most likely estimation. A scholarly work illustrated with a handful of black-and-white photographs, Galileo Observed is nevertheless thoroughly accessible to lay readers and is therefore recommended for public library collections as well as those of college libraries. |
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