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A Defense of Galileo, the Mathematician from Florence. By Thomas Campanella, O.P. Translated with an introduction and notes by Richard J. Blackwell. (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. 1994. Pp. xii, 157. $27.95.)
This translation of Tommaso Campanella's Apologia pro Galileo, mathematico fiorentino (Frankfurt, 1622), whose full subtitle reads ubi disquiritur, utrum ratio philosophandi, quam Galileus celebrat, faveat sacris scripturis, an adversetur; is the latest volume in Richard J. Blackwell's long list of contributions on Galileo and the science-religion controversy. It is a most welcome addition, offering an introduction based on scrupulous research into the document and its background, a reader-friendly translation of the Latin text, extensive notes that will satisfy the most demanding scholar, and a comprehensive bibliography. One cannot fail to be impressed by the picture Blackwell paints...