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        Presentation ix Preface xi Prologue 1    From Galileo’s Birth to His Teaching Years in Padua 5    Copernicanism and the Bible 33      The Scriptural Controversy Grows 69     The Copernican Doctrine Is Declared to Be Contrary to Holy Scripture 97     From the Polemics on the Comets to the Dialogue 121    The Trial and Condemnation of Galileo 161      The Burdensome Inheritance of the Galileo Affair 215 Epilogue 249 Bibliography 255 Index 267 Fantoli-00FM_Layout 1 1/19/12 2:34 PM Page vii Fantoli-00FM_Layout 1 1/19/12 2:34 PM Page viii ...

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