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Title: Galileo's Mistake?
Review: In his book "Galileo's Mistake" Wade Rowland takes the reader on a philosophical adventure through the murky waters of faith and reason. Attempting to reconstruct the emotional and metaphysical setting of the trial of Galileo (and not just the legal/historical), Rowland reveals a tale not often told in the annals of science... Galileo, the ardent realist, was also a good Catholic.In addition to this admission, Rowland weaves in his own intellectual journey while researching Galileo's life and trial to arrive at some very anti-scientistic conclusions concerning the nature of reality. In all, this history of science tome is both enlightening and fun to read. It also challenges our modern view of science as salvation and forces even the most ardent of realists to consider the possibility of a reality beyond the reach of mathematics.
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