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xv, 115 pages 22 cm Galileo did not go to China, but his discoveries did when enthusiastic Jesuit scientist-missionaries tried combining the reform of the Chinese calendar with the conversion of Chinese souls. Galileo's evidence of a helio-centric universe had been condemned by the Catholic Church, but Father D'Elia finds that the Jesuits were more sympathetic to the astronomer than he appreciated. From dust jacket Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [83]-108)

Author

Rufus Suter and Matthew Sciascia. Foreword by Donald H. Menzel

Publisher

Cambridge, Harvard University

Published

1960

Language

EN

Subjects

Science, History, Astronomy