1. Life of Galileo
Drake's biography on Galileo meanders its way from the very beginning of Galileo's life and work right to the bitter end. ... This contradicted express statements by Aristotle concerning the heavens where no change could ever take place. The Church at the time accepted Aristotle's view that the heavens were made of perfect and unalterable substance called the "quintessence". ... This paper will examine Drake Stillman's "Biography of Galileo". ... Drake comments that, "Aristotle's physics offered material, formal, efficient and purposive causes of every kind of change i...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate