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Introduction Peter Machamer; 1. Galileo's Pisan studies in science andphilosophy William Wallace; 2. Galileo's machines, his mathematics andhis experiments Peter Machamer; 3. The use and abuse of mathematicalentities: Galileo and the Jesuits revisited Rivka Feldhay; 4. Inertialproblems in Galileo's pre-inertial framework Wallace Hooper; 5. FromGalileo to Augustine Pietro Redondi; 6. Galileo's Copernicanism: thescience and the rhetoric William Shea; 7. Galileo's contribution toastronomy and conflicts with the church Noel Swerdlow; 8. Galileo onscience and scripture Ernan McMullin; 9. Could there be another Galileocase? Richard Blackwell; 10. The God of theologians and the God ofastronomers: an apology of Bellarmine Marcello Pera; 11. The neverending Galileo story Michael Segre; 12. The sepulchers of Galileo: the'Living' remains of a hero of science Paolo Galluzzi.