Galileo Galilei Category
Peter Dear’s Historiography of Not-so-Recent Science
Posted on May 2, 2013 Leave a Comment
I came across Peter Dear’s “Historiography of Not-so-Recent Science” (Hist. Sci. 1, 2012) while doing some research last week at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Library. It is a fine article, reviewing some of the most recent themes and trends on the historiography of science on the period c. 1500-c.1700; that is, on the late Scientific […]
Myths about Science and Religion: That Galileo was Tortured and Imprisoned for Advocating Copernicanism
Posted on April 30, 2013 8 Comments
The “Galileo affair” is perhaps the most commonly discussed case of conflict between science and religion. According to widespread popular belief, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was a martyr of science; that he was not only tortured, but imprisoned by the Roman Catholic Church. Although this myth may make for good drama, it is seriously deficient as […]