About the Author

Maurice A. Finocchiaro is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Reviews

"The time is surely ripe for the new translation [of the Dialogue] that California now provides us. . . . It is remarkable how well Finocchiaro, through careful use of selections, is able . . . to capture the sense and flavor of Galileo's many arguments for the earth's motion. . . . His notes throughout the volume give a minicourse in the history and philosophy of science, airing the conflicting views of practitioners of these disciplines, fairly and concisely, as they bear on Galileo."--William A. Wallace, "Review of Metaphysics