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The Trial of Galileo: Aristotelianism, the New Cosmology, and the Catholic Church, 1616-1633

Consists of an elaborate game in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in a particular moment of intellectual and social ferment. The issues in this work range from the nature of faith and the meaning of the Bible to the scientific principles and methods as advanced by Copernicus, Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and others.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 218 pages

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