Setting aside all authority : Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the science against Copernicus in the age of Galileo / Christopher M. Graney.

By: Graney, Christopher M, 1966- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2015Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, tablesContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780268080778Subject(s): Riccioli, Giovanni Battista, 1598-1671 | Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 | Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography | Jesuit scientists -- Italy -- Biography | Astronomy -- Italy -- History -- 17th century | Science -- Italy -- History -- 17th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Setting aside all authority : Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the science against Copernicus in the age of Galileo.DDC classification: 523.2 LOC classification: QB36.R386 | .G736 2015Online resources: Click to View
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"Including the first English translation of Monsignor Francesco Ingoli's Copernican system, and the first English translation of Riccioli's Reports regarding his experiments with falling bodies and with the effect of air resistance on falling bodies."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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