books.google.it - The classic understanding of the notorious 1633 trial of Galileo by the Inquistition is that of Science and Reason persecuted by Ignorance and Superstition--of a lonely, courageous freethinker oppressed by a reactionary, anti-intellectual institution fearful of losing its power. Wade Rowland ingeniously...http://books.google.it/books/about/Galileo_s_mistake.html?hl=it&id=WWyF4vS8P7UC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareGalileo's mistake