갈릴레오와 판사들.The Book of Galileo and his Judges, by F. R. Wegg-Prosser

갈릴레오와 판사들.The Book of Galileo and his Judges, by F. R. Wegg-Prosser
PREFACE.
THERE is no name in the annals of science which has been the
occasion of so long and fierce a controversy as that of Galileo. The
historian, the astronomer, and the theologian have all had a share in
it. Sometimes there has been a pause in the strife, and the question
has been allowed to rest; but after a while another disputant has
rekindled the embers, and the struggle has recommenced. This has
been the case within the last few years, some writers of considerable
ability having appealed to the history of Galileo in order to give point
to opinions that they wished to advance. During all this time, if there
has been unfairness on one side, there have been injudicious zeal
and inaccuracy on the other.
These circumstances must form my apology for interfering in a
dispute already so prolonged and so envenomed; and it has appeared
to me that I may without presumption hope to amend the errors vi to
which I have just alluded, if in no other way, at least by stating
correctly the facts of the case. I do not, however, undertake to write
a full biography of the great philosopher, or to give a detailed account
of his numerous contributions to the scientific literature of his day; I
confine myself principally to those great crises in his life which have
given rise to so much discussion, and which have chiefly contributed
to make him a name in history.