In 1633, the Roman Inquisition condemned Galileo as a suspected
heretic for defending Copernicus's hypothesis of the earth's motion
and denying the scientific authority of Scripture. This book draws
upon Maurice A. Finocchiaro's earlier works, especially The Galileo
Affair: A Documentary History (1989), to provide a brief, new
documentary history of Galileo's trial that is simultaneously the
most user-friendly and inclusive available.