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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Person of the Millennium: The Unique Impact of Galileo on World Historydi Manfred Weidhorn
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book is difficult to rate since there is nothing mediocre about the book. It is both brilliant and ignorant, and never at the same time. It is ultimately flawed because of the assumptions Weidhorn makes. He can only justify his choice of person of the millennium (and all time, we read toward the end) by assuming that Galileo's changes were the most important in history. This is really begging the question and has no place in such a book. Weidhorn's comments about religion (and especially Martin Luther) are ignorant and misleading, which especially bothered me. At the same time, some of his observations are quite inspired, and I learned much from them. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Galileo's pioneering use of the telescope showed that the earth is not at the center of the universe and led to his trial and conviction by the Inquisition. This first clash between science and religion still bedevils us today in many ways. Galileo, however, made an even greater contribution to history when, in destroying medieval science and discovering the laws of motion, he established the procedure of modern science. As a direct result of his work, Revelation and Scripture as sources of truth were replaced by Experimentation and Measurement, while Tradition and Authority as interpreters of truth were replaced by Individualism and Egalitarianism. This tremendous alteration in the scientific process eventually swept through all non-scientific disciplines and created the modern world. A good case can therefore be made that Galileo is the most influential person in history. Even if one does not agree with the conclusion, tracing this dramatic change is one of the most exciting of intellectual adventures. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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