„Und sie bewegt sich doch“, dieser Satz machte Galileo Galilei weltberühmt - und zum Ketzer. Er revolutionierte das Weltbild und wurde in einem aufsehenerregenden Prozess 1633 verurteilt. Eine großartige Einführung in seine wissenschaftliche Methode, die von überwältigender Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der modernen Physik wurde und zur endgültigen Trennung von Philosophie und Wissenschaft führte.
Stillman Drake Book order
December 24, 1910 – October 6, 1993


- 1999
- 1957
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own popularizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's strong opposition, his development of a telescope, and his unorthodox opinions as a philosopher of science were the central concerns of his career and the subjects of four of his most important writings. Drake's introductory essay place them in their biographical and historical context.