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Galileo and the Science Deniers
by Mario Livio
Galileo's life and trial as a case study in the conflict between evidence and authority, with explicit modern parallels. Clear and pointed.
Read it if…
you want Galileo for the age of denial.
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Skip it if…
you want a neutral biography.
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Three things you will actually use
- Evidence versus authority.
- Denial has a pattern.
- And yet it moves.
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Read the chapters on the trial.
Our verdict
Livio's Galileo.
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