Galileo: Bibliography

See biographies by L. Geymonat (tr. 1965), J. L. Heilbron (2010), and D. Wooton (2010); studies by G. de Santillana (1955), S. Drake (1970, 1978, and 1980), and W. R. Shea (1973); G. de Santillana, The Crime of Galileo (1955, repr. 1976); M. A. Finocchiaro, Galileo and the Art of Reasoning (1980).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Conflict with the Church
• Contributions to Astronomy
• Contributions to Physics
• Bibliography

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