Novelties in the Heavens
Rhetoric and Science in the Copernican Controversy
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Table of Contents

Contents
Chapter 1: The Expansion of Rhetoric into Science
Part One: The Celestial Revolution
Chapter 2: Copernicus’ Revolutionary Thesis
Chapter 3: Evidence from the Heavens: Galileo and Kepler
Chapter 4: The Significance of the Sunspot Quarrel
Part Two: The Hermeneutical Crisis
Chapter 5: Interpreting Scripture
Chapter 6: Dominicans on the Side of Galileo Chapter
Chapter 7: Galileo’s Appeal to the Church
Part Three: The Triumph of Rhetoric
Chapter 8: The Delicate Balance: Galileo versus Grassi
Chapter 9: The Final Salve: Galileo’s Dialogue
Chapter 10: Galileo Interpreted for Englishmen
Postscript: Dialectic and Rhetoric in Modern Science
Part One: The Celestial Revolution
Chapter 2: Copernicus’ Revolutionary Thesis
Chapter 3: Evidence from the Heavens: Galileo and Kepler
Chapter 4: The Significance of the Sunspot Quarrel
Part Two: The Hermeneutical Crisis
Chapter 5: Interpreting Scripture
Chapter 6: Dominicans on the Side of Galileo Chapter
Chapter 7: Galileo’s Appeal to the Church
Part Three: The Triumph of Rhetoric
Chapter 8: The Delicate Balance: Galileo versus Grassi
Chapter 9: The Final Salve: Galileo’s Dialogue
Chapter 10: Galileo Interpreted for Englishmen
Postscript: Dialectic and Rhetoric in Modern Science
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