Drake’s perspective of Galileo throughout his book is of an inventor and scientist that believes reason should prevail in everything, as Drake says, “Galileo brings together the kind of knowledge that resulted from practical experience together with the kind achieved through reason. The search for laws rather than cause is paramount” (pg. 24). This is an astonishing departure in my eyes since Drake points out that philosophers up to this time were more concerned with the causes behind events e.g., (absolute truths) rather than observation of events.

Drake starts at the beginning of Galileo’s career and shows him to be a pugnacious fighter with an uncanny ability to choose words with care to reflect his sincere convictions. Drake’s studies and opinions are arrived from Galileo’s Italian writing and much is based on his interpretation and must be given a semblance of latitude.

Drake points out, “that the difficulty with this was that most people did not understand the weight of evidence known to Galileo and this was impossible to explain to theologians especially since they relied heavily on Aristotelian counterparts. Galileo according to Drake realised that, the founding fathers of Christianity wisely separated faith from science precisely to avoid such crises as existed in their day”(pg. 56). Accordingly Drake claims, “Galileo tried to appeal to their authority in his zeal to save the Church from the very mistake it made by abolishing his work and teachings in 1616”(pg. 56).

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