Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It announced new and unexpected phenomena in the heavens, "unheard of through the ages," revealed by a mysterious new instrument. Galileo had ingeniously improved the rudimentary "spyglasses" that appeared in Europe in 1608, and in the autumn of 1609 he pointed his new instrument at the sky, revealing astonishing sights: mountains on the moon, fixed stars...
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English
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This is the last, and perhaps most important, work by the man Einstein called "the father of modern science." Confined to house arrest in the final years of his life after his heresy trial, Galileo Galilei composed his "Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences" in 1638 as a sort of magnum opus to a life devoted to scientific experimentation. The book outlines his investigations into physics and astronomy, and includes such topics as the law of free fall,...
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Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 586 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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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 Copernicancan system over the Ptolemaic one, proving, for the first time, that the earth revolves around the Sun. It's influence is incalculable. The Dialogue...
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Great books of the Western world volume 28
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
Pub. Date
c1952
Physical Desc
496 p ; cm.
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English
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Great books of the Western world volume 26
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
496 p ; cm.
Language
English