
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Galileo(Author)
Modern Library Inc (Publisher)
Published on 2. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-375-75766-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 important scientific treatises ever written, but a work of supreme clarity and accessibility, remaining as readable now as when it was first published. This edition uses the definitive text established by the University of California Press, in Stillman Drake's translation, and includes a Foreword by Albert Einstein and a new Introduction by J. L. Heilbron.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
33 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
705 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-375-75766-2 (9780375757662)
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Galileo Galilei; Translated and with revised notes by Stillman Drake; Foreword by Albert Einstein; Introduction by J.L. Heilbron