Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Paperback - 2001
by Galileo; Stillman Drake (Translator); Foreword by Albert Einstein
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MOST SERENE GRAND DUKE: Though the difference between man and the other animals is enormous, yet one might say reasonably that it is little less than the difference among men themselves.
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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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- Title Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
- Author Galileo; Stillman Drake (Translator); Foreword by Albert Einstein
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Pages 640
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Modern Library
- Date October 2, 2001
- ISBN 9780375757662 / 037575766X
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.4 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 3.56 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Solar system, Astronomy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001030842
- Dewey Decimal Code 520
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