Background
Shea, William Rene was born on May 16, 1937 in Gracefield, Quebec, Canada. Son of Herbert Clement and Jeanne (Lafrenière) Shea.
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Galileo's intellectual revolution: Middle period, 1610-1632
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Book by Shea, William R
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Galileo's Intellectual Revolution
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Galileo's Intellectual Revolution: Middle Period, 1610-1632
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The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of Rene Descartes
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Book by William R. Shea
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The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of Rene Descartes by William R. Shea (2013) Paperback
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Designing Experiments & Games of Chance: The Unconventional Science of Blaise Pascal
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Designing Experiments & Games of Chance: The Unconventional Science of Blaise Pascal by Shea, William R. (2003) Hardcover
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Galileo's Florentine Residences
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Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius
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Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion. Today, we tend to see this event in black and white--Galileo all white, the Church all black. Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced account of Galileo's relationship with Rome. The book offers a fascinating account of the six trips Galileo made to Rome, from his first visit at age 23, as an unemployed mathematician, to his final fateful journey to face the Inquisition. The authors reveal why the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun, set forth in Galileo's Dialogue, stirred a hornet's nest of theological issues, and they argue that, despite these issues, the Church might have accepted Copernicus if there had been solid proof. More interesting, they show how Galileo dug his own grave. To get the imprimatur, he brought political pressure to bear on the Roman Censor. He disobeyed a Church order not to teach the heliocentric theory. And he had a character named Simplicio (which in Italian sounds like simpleton) raise the same objections to heliocentrism that the Pope had raised with Galileo. The authors show that throughout the trial, until the final sentence and abjuration, the Church treated Galileo with great deference, and once he was declared guilty commuted his sentence to house arrest. Here then is a unique look at the life of Galileo as well as a strikingly different view of an event that has come to epitomize the Church's supposed antagonism toward science.
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Galileo En Roma/ Galileo in Rome: Cronica De 500 Dias (Spanish Edition)
(«Galileo es el padre de la ciencia moderna y una figura d...)
«Galileo es el padre de la ciencia moderna y una figura destacada en la historia de la humanidad. Forma parte del pequeño grupo de pensadores que transformaron la cultura occidental, y su choque con las autoridades eclesiásticas es uno de los incidentes más dramáticos en la larga historia de las relaciones entre cienci
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{ [ GALILEO IN ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF A TROUBLESOME GENIUS ] } Shea, William R ( AUTHOR ) Oct-21-2004 Paperback
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Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief
(For centuries historians, scientists, journalists, and pl...)
For centuries historians, scientists, journalists, and playwrights have speculated—sometimes wildly—about Galileo's infamous encounter with the Roman Catholic Church. In their compelling critique of these efforts, Shea and Artigas draw on old and new evidence to try to set the record straight, regardless of whose toes they might be stepping on.
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Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief by William R. Shea, Mariano Artigas (2006) Hardcover
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Relaxation Revolution: The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing
(Recent scientific breakthroughs—demonstrating that mind b...)
Recent scientific breakthroughs—demonstrating that mind body strategies can actually “switch off” or “switch on” gene activity associated with health and disease—have triggered a mind body revolution in the medical world. In the 1970s, Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School ushered in a new era of understanding in the field of mind body medicine. Coining the term “relaxation response,” Dr. Benson identified the body’s physiologic reaction that is the exact opposite of the stress (fight-or-flight) response. In the four decades since that initial discovery, Benson and his colleagues have established the first effective therapy to counteract the harmful effects of stress. They have explored how the relaxation response, the power of expectation and belief, and other mind body phenomena can produce healing in your own body. A new era has dawned. Genetic research now shows conclusively that the mind can influence the body down to the genetic level. Your mind has the ability to change the way your body and your genes function. We now have scientific proof that the mind can heal the body. In Relaxation Revolution, Dr. Herbert Benson and William Proctor present the latest scientific endings, revealing that we have the ability to self-heal diseases, prevent life-threatening conditions, and supplement established drug and surgical procedures with mind body techniques. In a special “treatment” section, Benson and Proctor describe how these mind body techniques can be applied—and are being applied—to treat a wide variety of conditions, including: • High blood pressure • Anxiety and depression • Infertility • Insomnia • Menopausal hot flashes • Many pains, including backaches and headaches • Phobias • And much more Relaxation Revolution details Dr. Benson’s recent work with colleagues in the field of genetics, which links mind body treatments to the healing of a steadily expanding number of medical conditions. Mind and body have become part of a scientific and medical whole; together they represent a complete approach to healing and maximal well-being. In clear, straightforward language, Benson and Proctor cite the experiences of real people to show how mind body techniques have the potential not only to enhance healing but also to reduce health costs to individuals and to society as a whole. Relaxation Revolution shines a light on the future of medicine.
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Persuading Science: The Art of Scientific Rhetoric
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Science History Pubns, Canton, MA, 1991. Hard Cover. First edition, NF/VG+, cloth, 212pp, text is bright, clean and fresh-in NF cond., blank plate to ffep.
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Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius by Shea William R. Artigas Mariano (2003-09-25) Hardcover
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Innovation: Creativity in Industry, Art and Science (A Platform book)
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Consciousness and Creativity: Transcending Science, Humanities and the Arts
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A collection of essays which comprise some thoughts on consciousness, knowing, creating, learning and being. Many of them come from experiences as a practicing scientist and teacher. Because creativity is a process, the author wanted to do more than write about creative activity and consciousness. He wanted to provide glimpses into how his own processes are involved in the writing of these essays and how his own consciousness and awareness are developing.
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The Road to Jaramillo: Critical Years of the Revolution in Earth Science
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Pp. xvi, (4), 459; 71 black-and-white photos, 36 line-drawings (diagrams and graphs). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Describes how an international cast of scientists produced the discovery that brought about the plate-tectonics revolution. Working mainly in the decade 1957-1966, these scientists tackled the seemingly unrelated problems of young-rock dating, geomagnetic polarity reversals and sea-floor spreading and unified them into the theory of continental drift. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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- Galileo's Intellectual Revolution, middle period, 1610-1632. (xii, 204 pp; 22 figs. A clean and fresh copy in original ...)
- Galileo's Intellectual Revolution; middle period, 1610-1632. Second edition.
- Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius 1St edition by Shea, William R., Artigas, Mariano (2003) Hardcover
- Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics. [Univ. Of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, v22]. Reidel Publ. 1983.
- Interpreting the World: Science and Society
- Creativity in the Arts and Science
- Creativity : a comprehensive bibliography on creativity in science, engineering, business, and the arts
Other Work
- Author: Galileo Intellectual Revolution, 1972, The Magic of Numbers and Motion, 1991, Copernico, 2001, Designing Experiments and Games of Chance, 2003, Coffee with Galileo, 2007. Co-author: Galileo Florentine Residences, 1979, Galileo in Rome, 2003, Galileo Observed: The Politics of Belief, 2006. Editor: Nature Mathematized, 1983, Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics, 1983, Revolutions in Science, 1988, Creativity in the Arts and Science, 1990, Persuading Science: The Art of Scientific Rhetoric, 1991, Interpreting the World, Science and Society, 1991, Energy Needs in the Year 2000: Ethical and Environmental Perspectives, 1994, Science and the Visual Image in the Enlightenment, 2000, Campanus of Novara's Theorica Planetarum, 2007, Galileo's Sideral Message, 2009.
William Rene Shea
Edit Profilehistorian history and philosophy professor
William Rene Shea, Canadian historian, history and philosophy professor. Recipient The Alexandre Koyre medal, International Academy of History of Science, 1993, Knight of the Order of Malta, 1993; Canada Council fellow, 1965-1968, Canada Cultural Institute fellow, Rome, 1973, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, 1980-1981, Institute of Advanced Studies in Berlin fellow, 1988-1989.
Education
Bachelor, University Ottawa, 1958. LPh, Gregorian University, Rome, 1959. LTh, Gregorian University, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1968.
Career
Associate professor University Ottawa, 1968-1973. Fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1974. Professor history and philosophy of science McGill University, Montreal, since 1974.
Director d'etudes Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1981-1982. Secretary-general International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, 1981-1989, president, 1990-1993. Member general committee International Council of Science Union, Paris, 1983-1989.
Consultant Killam Foundation, Ottawa, Ontario, 1983-1985. Member McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, 1990-1995. Hydro Quebec professor environmental ethics, since 1992.
Visiting professor University Rome, 1992. Director Institute History of Science, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 1995-2003. Galileo chair history of science University Padua, since 2003.
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Relaxation Revolution: The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing
(Recent scientific breakthroughs—demonstrating that mind b...)
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Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief
(For centuries historians, scientists, journalists, and pl...)
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Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius
(Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dra...)
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Consciousness and Creativity: Transcending Science, Humanities and the Arts
(A collection of essays which comprise some thoughts on co...)
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Galileo En Roma/ Galileo in Rome: Cronica De 500 Dias (Spanish Edition)
(«Galileo es el padre de la ciencia moderna y una figura d...)
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Persuading Science: The Art of Scientific Rhetoric
(Science History Pubns, Canton, MA, 1991. Hard Cover. Firs...)
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Galileo's intellectual revolution: Middle period, 1610-1632
(Book by Shea, William R)
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Galileo's Intellectual Revolution, middle period, 1610-1632.
(xii, 204 pp; 22 figs. A clean and fresh copy in original ...)
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The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of Rene Descartes
(Book by William R. Shea)
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The Road to Jaramillo: Critical Years of the Revolution in Earth Science
(Pp. xvi, (4), 459; 71 black-and-white photos, 36 line-dra...)
- Galileo's Intellectual Revolution
- Galileo's Intellectual Revolution: Middle Period, 1610-1632
- Galileo's Intellectual Revolution; middle period, 1610-1632. Second edition.
- The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of Rene Descartes by William R. Shea (2013) Paperback
- Designing Experiments & Games of Chance: The Unconventional Science of Blaise Pascal
- Designing Experiments & Games of Chance: The Unconventional Science of Blaise Pascal by Shea, William R. (2003) Hardcover
- Galileo's Florentine Residences
- Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius 1St edition by Shea, William R., Artigas, Mariano (2003) Hardcover
- { [ GALILEO IN ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF A TROUBLESOME GENIUS ] } Shea, William R ( AUTHOR ) Oct-21-2004 Paperback
- Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief by William R. Shea, Mariano Artigas (2006) Hardcover
- Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics. [Univ. Of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, v22]. Reidel Publ. 1983.
- Interpreting the World: Science and Society
- Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius by Shea William R. Artigas Mariano (2003-09-25) Hardcover
- Innovation: Creativity in Industry, Art and Science (A Platform book)
- Creativity in the Arts and Science
- Creativity : a comprehensive bibliography on creativity in science, engineering, business, and the arts
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Relaxation Revolution: The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing
Other Work
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Author: Galileo Intellectual Revolution, 1972, The Magic of Numbers and Motion, 1991, Copernico, 2001, Designing Experiments and Games of Chance, 2003, Coffee with Galileo, 2007. Co-author: Galileo Florentine Residences, 1979, Galileo in Rome, 2003, Galileo Observed: The Politics of Belief, 2006. Editor: Nature Mathematized, 1983, Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics, 1983, Revolutions in Science, 1988, Creativity in the Arts and Science, 1990, Persuading Science: The Art of Scientific Rhetoric, 1991, Interpreting the World, Science and Society, 1991, Energy Needs in the Year 2000: Ethical and Environmental Perspectives, 1994, Science and the Visual Image in the Enlightenment, 2000, Campanus of Novara's Theorica Planetarum, 2007, Galileo's Sideral Message, 2009.
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Membership
Fellow Royal Society of Canada. Member Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (foreign), Acadmie D'Alsace, Academia Europaea (member council, 2003-2007), History of Science Society (council 1973-1976), European Science Foundation (standing committee for humanities 1989-1995, chairman 1999-2003), Canada National Committee of History and Philosophy of Science (council 1982-1993), Canada Philosophical Association, International Academy History of Science (president 1997-2001), Rotary.
Connections
Married Evelyn Fischer, May 2, 1970. Children: Herbert, Joan-Emma, Louisa, Cecilia, Michael.
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Canadian
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Recipient The Alexandre Koyre medal, International Academy of History of Science, 1993, Knight of the Order of Malta, 1993. Canada Council fellow, 1965-1968, Canada Cultural Institute fellow, Rome, 1973, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, 1980-1981, Institute of Advanced Studies in Berlin fellow, 1988-1989.Recipient The Alexandre Koyre medal, International Academy of History of Science, 1993, Knight of the Order of Malta, 1993. Canada Council fellow, 1965-1968, Canada Cultural Institute fellow, Rome, 1973, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, 1980-1981, Institute of Advanced Studies in Berlin fellow, 1988-1989.