Talk:The Assayer

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Do you think that quantum is one step in knowing God.

[edit] Lousy

Your punctuation is lousy. This page is for improving the main article. I refer to 69.159.210.13.

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This article relies on Recondi (1983), however in some respects his work on teh Assayer have been found to be "fanciful", "implausible" and have "selective use of the evidence" - from Goodman, D and Russell C.A. (eds.). The Rise of Scientific Europe 1500- 1800 . Milton Keynes : Open University, 2003, [which also cites Ferrone and Firpo as critics of Recondi (but which I haven't personally read) specifically dealing with the theory that the sensory theory in the Asssayer (which was from atomism/ Lucretius?) was part of the reason for Galileo's trial, as if true would undermine transubsantiation in the sacrement of the Eucharist.]

Also I have the spelling of the author of the work to which Galileo repsonds as Horatio Grassi in the above text book and three other associated Open University books, but as a new person at Wikipedia I haven't altered it. Should I? WOuld I need to cite source just to correct spelling? The text of the Assayer can be found here: [1]Bigcitydeserter (talk) 01:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)bigcitydeserter