The monograph, based on a wide range of primary sources, offers a new interpretation of one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of European science of the early modern era - the inquisition trial of Galileo Galilei in 1633. The process itself and the events preceding it are examined through the prism of various contexts of the era: theological, political, sociocultural, personal-psychological, scientific, patronage, rhetorical, logical, philosophical. The author’s research shows that the traditional interpretation of this event (Galileo’s case as an example of persecution of the great scientist by church obscurantists and as an illustration of the confrontation between advanced science and church dogma) does not entirely correspond to reality, and the widespread opinion that Galileo was put on trial by the Inquisition for defending the Copernican theory is also refuted. The trial of Galileo is a complex, multifaceted and contradictory event, as eloquently evidenced by I. Dmitriev’s book.

CONTENTS: A.B. Akhutin. Preface to the Afterword (Notes from the Philosophical Mindset) 5 From the Author 15 PROLOGUE - GALILEO'S ADSUMENT Starry Messenger in the Shadow Theater 19 Roman Holiday 27 Anxieties of the Bibliocracy 48 "The Pigeon League", Or the Art of Theological Denunciation 67 The Watchful Eyes of the Holy Faith 90 The Roman Echo of Trident 119 The Physics of the Sacred Text 1 37Slaves of the High Lot 141Consolation of Galileo 183Figlio Diletto 191Part I. IMPRIMATURIntroduction, Or of Divine Omnipotence 257Roman Troubles 277The Morandi Affair 286Padre Mostro 294The Game of Beads in a Scientific Way 309The Wrath of His Holiness 324The Specter of Atomism, Or the Revelations of Monocular Vision 376Padre Inhofer 410The Long Road to Rome 414“The Tribunal Will Retain Its reputation" 431Last interrogation 475Sentence and abdication 495" Tractatus Syllepticus." Theological justification of the sentence 539 "Prodromus". Natural Philosophical Justification of the Sentence 547Part II. ANTIPODE, OR TRUTH, "CHOSEN BY DESIRE" "Combining physics and mathematics" 639 Comedy of errors 640 "I deny them all" 653 "I decided to look for other truths" 655 A world without miracles 661 Brave New World 668 Geometric clairvoyance 683 More clarity - more uncertainty 687 The vicissitudes of method 690 Unnecessary new adventures tennis ball 700Rationalized heliocentrism 713EPILOGUE. “GOLDEN STAMP OF FAILURE”Tomb at Santa Croce 737Trial of Galileo in the system of contexts 741AppendicesAppendix I. Phases of Venus 765Appendix II. Copernican theory and the Gregorian calendar 769Appendix III. From the report of a special commission created by order of Pope Urban VIII to clarify the circumstances of the publication of “Dialogo” by G. Galileo (September 1632) 774 Appendix IV. Anonymous “Denunciation” against G. Galileo in connection with the publication of his book “Il Saggiatore” (1624 or 1625) 776Appendix V. The fate of the materials from the trial of Galileo during the era of Napoleon 780Appendix VI. Fragment of Chapter VII “Le Monde 788Appendix VII. Fragment of Chapter I "La Dioptrique" 790Notes to appendices 793Index of names 795Bibliography 809