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Author Graney, Christopher M., 1966- author.

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

Publication Info. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.
2015

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, tables
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Note "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."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject 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 century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Graney, Christopher M., 1966- Setting aside all authority : Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the science against Copernicus in the age of Galileo. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, c2015 xv, 270 pages 9780268029883 2014047949
ISBN 9780268029883
9780268080778 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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