Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo

Galileo; Professor of the History of Science Stillman Drake; Professor of the History of Science Stillman Drake
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
 9780385092395
0-385-09239-3

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.

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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.