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Boerst, William J. , Boerst, William J.

Galileo Galilei and the Science of Motion

144 pp. | Morgan | October, 2003 | Library ISBN 1-931798-00-1 $$23.95
(4) YA Renaissance Scientists series. This account of the life and work of Galileo emphasizes his adherence to experimental methodologies and attributes his later problems with the church to this desire for quantitative proof. Boerst's descriptions of seventeenth-century scientific debate show the links between science, religion, politics, and patronage at that time. Sometimes poorly reproduced historical illustrations and portraits round out the text. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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