The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History (California Studies in the History of Science)

428 Pages·1989·1.6 MB·English

by  Maurice A. Finocchiaro

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title : The Galileo Affair : A Documentary History California Studies
in the History of Science
author : Finocchiaro, Maurice A.
publisher : University of California Press
isbn10 | asin : 0520066626
print isbn13 : 9780520066625
ebook isbn13 : 9780585272917
language : English
subject Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642, Religion and science--History,
Inquisition.
publication date : 1989
lcc : QB36.G2G319 1989eb
ddc : 621.5/5
subject : Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642, Religion and science--History,
Inquisition.
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The Galileo Affair

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California Studies in the History of Science
J. L. Heilbron, Editor
1. The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History,
edited and translated by Maurice A. Finocchiaro
2. The New World, 19391946 (A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, volume 1),
by Richard G. Hewlett and Oscar E. Anderson, Jr.
3. Atomic Shield, 19471952 (A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, volume 2),
by Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan
4. Atoms for Peace and War, 19531961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission
(A History of the Untied States Atomic Energy Commission, volume 3),
by Richard G. Hewlett and Jack M. Holl
5. Lawrence and His Laboratory: A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Volume 1,
by J. L. Heilbron and Robert W. Seidel
6. Scientific Growth: Essays on the Social Organization and Ethos of Science, by Joseph Ben-David,
edited by Gad Freudenthal
7. Physics and Politics in Revolutionary Russia,
by Paul R. Josephson
8. From c-Numbers to q-Numbers: The Classical Analogy in the History of Quantum Theory,
by Olivier Darrigol
9. The Quiet Revolution: Hermann Kolbe and the Science of Organic Chemistry,
by Alan J. Rocke
10. Hermann von Helmholtz and the Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Science,
edited by David Cahan
11. Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics,
by Ruth Lewin Sime

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The Galileo Affair
A Documentary History
Edited and translated
with an Introduction and Notes by
Maurice A. Finocchiaro

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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 1989 by
The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Galileo affair : a documentary history / edited and translated with an introduction
and notes by Maurice A. Finocchiaro.
p. cm.(California studies in the history of science)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-520-06662-6 (alk. paper)
1. Galilei, Galileo 15641642. 2. Religion and scienceHistory of controversy.
3. Inquisition. I. Finocchiaro, Maurice A., 1942- . II. Galilei, Galileo, 1564
1642. Correspondence. English. Selections. 1989. III. Galilei, Galileo, 15641642.
Essays. English. Selections. 1989. IV. Series.
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CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Documents
I. Correspondence (16131615) 47
47
Castelli to Galileo (14 December 1613)
49
Galileo to Castelli (21 December 1613)
55
Galileo to Monsignor Dini (16 February 1615)
58
Monsignor Dini to Galileo (7 March 1615)
60
Galileo to Monsignor Dini (23 March 1615)
67
Cardinal Bellarmine to Foscarini (12 April 1615)
II. Galileo's Considerations on the Copernican Opinion (1615) 70
III. Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615) 87
IV. Galileo's Discourse on the Tides (1616) 119
V. The Earlier Inquisition Proceedings (16151616) 134
134
Lorini's Complaint (7 February 1615)
135
Consultant's Report on the Letter to Castelli (1615)

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136
Caccini's Deposition (20 March 1615)
141
Ximenes' Deposition (13 November 1615)
143
Attavanti's Deposition (14 November 1615)
146
Consultants' Report on Copernicanism (24 February 1616)
147
Inquisition Minutes (25 February 1616)
147
Special Injunction (26 February 1616)
148
Inquisition Minutes (3 March 1616)
148
Decree of the Index (5 March 1616)
150
Galileo to the Tuscan Secretary of State (6 March 1616)
151
Galileo to the Tuscan Secretary of State (12 March 1616)
153
Cardinal Bellarmine's Certificate (26 May 1616)
VI. Galileo's Reply to Ingoli (1624) 154
VII. Miscellaneous Documents (16181633) 198
198
Galileo to Archduke Leopold of Austria (23 May 1618)
200
Correction of Copernicus's On the Revolutions (15 May 1620)
202
Anonymous Complaint About The Assayer (1624 or 1625)
204
Guiducci to Galileo (18 April 1625)
206
Galileo to the Tuscan Secretary of State (7 March 1631)
209
The Vatican Secretary to the Tuscan Ambassador (25 April 1631)
210
Galileo to the Tuscan Secretary of State (3 May 1631)
212
The Vatican Secretary to the Florentine Inquisitor (24 May 1631)
213
The Florentine Inquisitor to the Vatican Secretary (31 May 1631)
213
The Vatican Secretary to the Florentine Inquisitor (19 July 1631)
214
The Tuscan Ambassador to Galileo (19 July 1631)
214
Preface to the Dialogue (1632)

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217
Ending of the Dialogue (1632)
218
Special Commission Report on the Dialogue (September 1632)
222
Cardinal Barberini to the Florentine Nuncio (25 September 1632)
223
Galileo to Diodati (15 January 1633)
VIII. Diplomatic Correspondence (16321633) 227
IX. The Later Inquisition Proceedings (1633) 256
256
Galileo's First Deposition (12 April 1633)
262
Oreggi's Report on the Dialogue (17 April 1633)
262
Inchofer's Report on the Dialogue (17 April 1633)
271
Pasqualigo's Report on the Dialogue (17 April 1633)
276
Commissary General to Cardinal Barberini (28 April 1633)
277
Galileo's Second Deposition (30 April 1633)
279
Galileo's Third Deposition (10 May 1633)
279
Galileo's Defense (10 May 1633)
281
Final Report to the Pope (May or June 1633)
286
Galileo's Fourth Deposition (21 June 1633)
287
Sentence (22 June 1633)
292
Galileo's Abjuration (22 June 1633)
Appendixes
Chronology of Events 297
Concordance to the Documents 309
Biographical Glossary 313
Notes 325
Selected Bibliography 365
Index 375

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