Excerpt from Galileo, His Life and Work The history of the life and labours of Galileo is pregnant with a peculiar interest to the general reader as well as to the man of science and the philosopher. His brilliant discoveries the man of science regards as his peculiar property; the means by which they were made and the development of his intellectual character belong to the logician and the philosopher; but the triumphs and reverses of his eventful life must be claimed for our common nature, as subjects of deep interest ...
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Excerpt from Galileo, His Life and Work The history of the life and labours of Galileo is pregnant with a peculiar interest to the general reader as well as to the man of science and the philosopher. His brilliant discoveries the man of science regards as his peculiar property; the means by which they were made and the development of his intellectual character belong to the logician and the philosopher; but the triumphs and reverses of his eventful life must be claimed for our common nature, as subjects of deep interest and serious meditation. So wrote Sir David Brewster in the Opening paragraph of his biography of Galileo (martyrs of Science, London, It is the object of the present volume to give a fuller presentation, under this three-fold aspect, of the life which Sir David has only outlined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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