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The Publication In 1632 Of Galileo?s Dialogue On The Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic And Copernican Marked A Crucial Moment In The?scientific Revolution? And Helped Galileo Become The?father Of Modern Science?. The Dialogue Contains Galileo?s Mature Synthesis Of Astronomy, Physics, And Methodology, And A Critical Confirmation Of Copernicus?s Hypothesis Of The Earth?s Motion. However, The Book Also Led Galileo To Stand Trial With The Inquisition, In What Became Known As?the Greatest Scandal In Christendom? Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Preliminaries To Reading The Dialogue -- 1. General Relevance -- 2. Intellectual Background -- 2.1. Cosmology -- 2.2. Physics -- 2.3. Astronomy -- 3. Historical Context -- 3.7. Copernicus's Innovation -- 3.2. Copernican Controversy -- 3.3. Galileo's Pursuit Of A Copernican Research Program -- 3.4. Theological Controversy And Condemnation Of Copernicanism -- 3.5. Trial And Condemnation Of Galileo -- Pt. Ii Main Argument In The Dialogue -- 4. Day I: Similarity Of Earth And Heaven -- Ia1. Perfection And Three-dimensionality Of The World (dml 9-75) -- Ia2. Aristotle's Doctrine Of Two Natural Motions (dml 15-20) -- Ia3. A More Coherent Concept Of Natural Motion (dml 20-36) -- Ia4. Geocentric Argument From Natural Motion (dml 36-43) -- Ia5. Contrariety And Change (dml 43-53) -- Ia6. Observation Of Heavenly Changes (dml 53-66) -- Ia7. Teleology And Anthropocentrism (dml 67-71). Ib1. Similarities Between Earth And Moon (dml 71-82) -- Ib2. Roughness Of The Lunar Surface (dml 82-100) -- Ib3. Moon's Secondary Light (dml 100-113) -- Ib4. Differences Between Earth And Moon (dml 113-21) -- 5. Day Ii: Earth's Daily Axial Rotation -- Iia. Simplicity Arguments For Terrestrial Rotation (dml 123-55) -- Iib1. Geostatic Argument From Violent Motion (dml 155-58) -- Iib2. Two-motions Argument (dml 158-61) -- Iib3. Vertical Fall (dml 161-64) -- Iib4. Ship's Mast Experiment (dml 164-79) -- Iib5. Conservation And Composition Of Motion (dml 779-95j -- Iib6. East-west Gunshots (dml 195-98) -- Iib7. Vertical Gunshots (dml 198-206) -- Iib8. North-south Gunshots (dml 206-8) -- Iib9. Point-blank Gunshots (dml 208-12) -- Iib10. Flight Of Birds (dml 212-18) -- Iib11. Extruding Power Of Whirling (dml 218-53) -- Iic1. Falling To Earth From The Moon (dml 253-71) -- Iic2. Inexplicability Of Terrestrial Rotation (dml 271-86) -- Iic3. Deception Of The Senses (dml 287-98). Iic4. Multiple Natural Motions (dml 298-306) -- Iic5. Luminosity And Mobility (dml 307-19) -- 6. Day Iii: Earth's Annual Heliocentric Revolution -- Iiia. Evidence From The 1572 Nova (dml 321-70) -- Iiib1. Mars, Venus, And Moon Dml 381-95) -- Iiic1. Heliocentrism Of Planetary Revolutions (dml 370-80) -- Iiic2. Retrograde Planetary Motions (dml 396-400) -- Iiic3. Paths Of Sunspots (dml 400-414) -- Iiib2. Distances And Sizes Of Stars (dml 414-32) -- Iiib3. Apparent Positions And Magnitudes Of Stars (dml 432-61) -- Iiib4. Magnets And Multiple Natural Motions (dml 461-81) -- 7. Day Iv: Geokinetic Explanation Of Tides -- Iva. Clarification Of Project And Criticism Of Alternatives (dml 483-92, 535-39) -- Ivb. Explaining The Diurnal Period Of Tides (dml 492-506) -- Ivc. Air Movements And Trade Winds (dml 506-16) -- Ivd. Monthly And Annual Periods Of Tides (dml 516-35) -- Pt. Iii Special Aspects Of The Dialogue -- 8. Science: Robust Confirmation Of Earth's Motion. 8.1. Scientists' Judgments -- 8.2. Three-fold Scientific Achievement -- 8.3. Critical Examination And Interdisciplinary Synthesis -- 9. Methodology: Critical Reasoning And Balanced Judgment -- 9.7. Rationality And Critical Reasoning -- 9.2. Authority And Independent-mindedness -- 9.3. Sensory Observation And Theoretical Reason -- 9.4. Mathematical Truths And Physical Reality -- 10. Rhetoric: Persuasion And Eloquence -- 10.1. Three Senses Of Rhetoric -- 10.2. Mere Rhetoric -- 10.3. Rhetoric Of Anti-rhetoric -- 10.4. Eloquent Expression -- 10.5. Rhetorical Communication Vs. Methodological Reflection -- 10.6. Persuasive Argumentation Vs. Critical Reasoning -- Pt. Iv Conclusion -- 11. Historical Aftermath And Enduring Legacy -- 11.1. Historical Repercussions -- 11.2. From Copernicus To Darwin, Freud, And Beyond -- 11.3. Science Vs. Religion? -- 11.4. Einstein And Scientific Method -- 11.5. Galilean Approach To The Galileo Affair. Maurice A. Finocchiaro. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 336-343) And Index.