The Cambridge Companion to Galileo (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

What Did Galileo Actually Do, And What Are The Sources Of The Popular Image We Have Of Him? In This Collection, Contributors' Essays Offer Coverage Of All Facets Of Galileo's Work. Galileo's Pisan Studies In Science And Philosophy / William A. Wallace -- Galileo's Machines, His Mathematics, And His Experiments / Peter Machamer -- Use And Abuse Of Mathematical Entities / Rivka Feldhay -- Inertial Problems In Galileo's Preinertial Framework / Wallace Hooper -- From Galileo To Augustine / Pietro Redondi -- Galileo's Copernicanism / William Shea -- Galileo's Discoveries With The Telescope And Their Evidence For The Copernican Theory / Noel M. Swerdlow -- Galileo On Science And Scripture / Ernan Mcmullin -- Could There Be Another Galileo Case? / Richard Blackwell -- God Of Theologians And The God Of Astronomers / Marcello Pera -- Never-ending Galileo Story / Michael Segre -- Sepulchers Of Galileo / Paolo Galluzzi. Edited By Peter Machamer. Cambridge Companions To Philosophy--p. [iii]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 449-458) And Index. Introduction / Peter Machamer -- Galileo's Pisan studies in science and philosophy / William A. Wallace -- Galileo's machines, his mathematics, and his experiments / Peter Machamer -- The use and abuse of mathematical entities / Rivka Feldhay -- Inertial problems in Galileo's preinertial framework / Wallace Hooper -- From Galileo to Augustine / Pietro Redondi -- Galileo's Copernicanism / William Shea -- Galileo's discoveries with the telescope and their evidence for the Copernican theory / Noel M. Swerdlow -- Galileo on science and Scripture / Ernan Mcmullin -- Could there be another Galileo case? / Richard Blackwell -- The god of theologians and the god of astronomers / Marcello Pera -- The never-ending Galileo story / Michael Segre -- The sepulchers of Galileo / Paolo Galluzzi. Not only a hero of the scientific revolution, but after his conflict with the church, a hero of science, Galileo is today rivalled in the popular imagination only by Newton and Einstein. But what did Galileo actually do, and what are the sources of the popular image we have of him? This 1998 collection of specially-commissioned essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the church. It will be of interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies. This collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the Church. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Galileo available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Galileo.