Who was Galileo Galilei? An essay biography of Galileo
by Wade Rowland, author of Galileo’s Mistake: A New Look at the Epic Confrontation between Galileo and the Church As a hero of science, Galileo Galilei long ago achieved secular sainthood. A finger is preserved like a holy relic in the museum of science in Florence, a vertebra at the University of Padua. His lavish tomb in Florence’s magnificent basilica of Santa Croce has been newly buffed and polished by an officially contrite Church. But he continues to be admired for all the wrong reasons. One can imagine him, wherever he has been ensconced in death, fulminating as he did in...
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Ranked among Canada’s leading literary journalists, Wade Davies Rowland has written more than a dozen books on subjects ranging from television journalism, organized crime, and international environmental law to his current concerns, which include communications technology, the philosophy of science, and technology and human values. Full author bio.