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Galileo on the World Systems
A New Abridged Translation and Guide
by Galileo Galilei
ISBN: 0520205480
ISBN-13: 9780520205482
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.8 pounds
Pages: 425
Publisher's Notes
This book contains a new abridged translation of Galileo Galilei's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, together with a considerable amount of commentary designed to provide an introduction to the reading, understanding, appreciation, and criticism of this classic work. My commentary emphasizes, the themes of critical reasoning and methodological reflection, and so it is also meant to provide a concrete introduction to critical thinking. - from the Editorial Preface.
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Galileo on the World Systems: A New Abridged Translation and Guide
Galilei, Galileo. Finocchiaro, Maurice A. (Translation)
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997 xi + 425pp. Only very light rubbing to cloth. A nice, clean, bright copy. First. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Henry Stachyra, Bookseller (United States)
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