Ronald L. Numbers is Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author of The Creationists (Harvard).
A revealing book...Using "myth" in the popular sense, to mean
falsehood, Galileo Goes to Jail debunks widespread
misconceptions.--Douglas Todd"Vancouver Sun" (05/15/2009)
The volume's careful organization and execution reveal the kind of
planning and teamwork absent from too many edited collections, but
which have come to be expected from Numbers...Each chapter of
Galileo Goes to Jail begins with two or three epigraphs that
clearly convict scholarly and popular literature of perpetuating
the myth in question. Most authors then explore the nuances of the
myth, its origin, complexity, and longevity, before telling the
"rest of the story."--Mark A. Kalthoff"First Things" (10/01/2009)
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