Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
$40.90
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2001
Summary
Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of his being brought to trial before the Inquisition. Using the dialogue form, a genre common in classical philosophical works, Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic one, proving, for the first time, that the earth revolves around the sun. Its influence is incalculable. The Dialogue is not only one of the most…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375757662 |
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| ISBN-10: | 037575766X |
| Author: | Galileo, Stillman Drake, Albert Einstein, John Heilbron |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2001 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 131mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Science |
About The Author
Galileo
J. L. Heilbron is a professor of history and Vice Chancellor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, and currently Senior Research Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books on the history of science, including most recently The Sun in the Church- Cathedrals as Solar Observatories and Geometry Civilized- History, Culture, and Technique.
Stephen Jay Gould is the Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology and professor of geology at Harvard and the Vincent Astor visiting professor of biology at New York University. Recent books include Full House, Dinosaur in a Haystack, and Questioning the Millennium. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.
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