Galileo goes to jail and other myths about science and religion
2009
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Numbers tidily dismantles received wisdom about the war between science and religion, from Galileo and the Inquisition to Columbus proving the earth was a sphere, to the Church's supposed ban on human dissection.
Main title:
Galileo goes to jail and other myths about science and religion / edited by Ronald L. Numbers.
Author:
Imprint:
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Collation:
298 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780674033276 (hbk)
Dewey class:
215
Local class:
215
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
269899