Galileo in France

French Reactions to the Theories and Trial of Galileo

John Lewis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

276 Seiten

2006
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-5768-0 (ISBN)

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Galileo’s astronomical and mechanical theories, and his subsequent trial for heresy, profoundly impacted the development of European science, philosophy, and theology, especially in seventeenth-century France, where it shaped the thought of some of its most important writers. France’s long tradition of Gallican independence from Rome allowed Copernican and Galilean ideas to be discussed and promoted more freely than elsewhere. Placing those ideas in a national context, this book’s individual chapters are devoted to tracing their development in the writings of Mersenne, Gassendi, Peiresc, and Descartes; similarly, resistance to Galilean ideas is traced through the writings of Froidmont, Morin, and the work of Cassini at the recently established Observatoire de Paris.

Reihe/Serie	Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures ; 109
Reihe/Serie	Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures ; 109
Zusatzinfo	3 fig.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8204-5768-X / 082045768X
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-5768-0 / 9780820457680
Zustand	Neuware