The Inquisition's Semicolon: Punctuation, Translation, and Science in the 1616 Condemnation of the Copernican System. Graney, C. M. arXiv:1402.6168 [physics], February, 2014. arXiv: 1402.6168
The Inquisition's Semicolon: Punctuation, Translation, and Science in the 1616 Condemnation of the Copernican System [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
This paper presents high-resolution images of the original document of the 24 February 1616 condemnation of the Copernican system, as being "foolish and absurd in philosophy", by a team of consultants for the Roman Inquisition. Secondary sources have disagreed as to the punctuation of the document. The paper includes a brief analysis of the punctuation and the possible effects of that punctuation on meaning. The original document and its punctuation may also have relevance to public perception of science and to science education.
@article{graney_inquisitions_2014,
	title = {The {Inquisition}'s {Semicolon}: {Punctuation}, {Translation}, and {Science} in the 1616 {Condemnation} of the {Copernican} {System}},
	shorttitle = {The {Inquisition}'s {Semicolon}},
	url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6168},
	abstract = {This paper presents high-resolution images of the original document of the 24 February 1616 condemnation of the Copernican system, as being "foolish and absurd in philosophy", by a team of consultants for the Roman Inquisition. Secondary sources have disagreed as to the punctuation of the document. The paper includes a brief analysis of the punctuation and the possible effects of that punctuation on meaning. The original document and its punctuation may also have relevance to public perception of science and to science education.},
	urldate = {2017-10-06},
	journal = {arXiv:1402.6168 [physics]},
	author = {Graney, Christopher M.},
	month = feb,
	year = {2014},
	note = {arXiv: 1402.6168},
	keywords = {Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics},
}

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