Galileo on the World Systems: A New Abridged Translation and Guide
Document Type
Monograph
Publication Date
5-25-1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Publisher Location
Berkeley, CA
First page number:
438
Abstract
Galileo's 1632 book, Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, comes alive for twentieth-century readers thanks to Maurice Finocchiaro's brilliant new translation and presentation. Condemned by the Inquisition for its heretical proposition that the earth revolves around the sun, Galileo's masterpiece takes the form of a debate, divided into four "days," among three highly articulate gentlemen.
Disciplines
Philosophy
Language
English
Repository Citation
Finocchiaro, M. A.
(1997).
Galileo on the World Systems: A New Abridged Translation and Guide.
438.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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