Selected writings / Galileo Galilei ; translated by William R. Shea and Mark Davie ; with an introduction and notes by William R. Shea.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: xxxvii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199583690
  • 0199583692
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections. English. 2012
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A sidereal message -- Letters on the sunspots. First letter ; From the Third letter -- Science and religion. Letter to Don Benedetto Castelli ; Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ; Letter from Cardinal Bellarmine to Paolo Antonio Foscarini ; Observations on the Copernican Theory -- From The assayer -- Dialogue on the two chief world systems. First day ; From the Second day ; From the Third day ; Fourth day -- The trial -- Two new sciences. From the First day -- From the Third day.
Summary: The first entirely new translation of Galileo's major writings for more than fifty years, this marvelous volume includes selections from all of his important writings on science, including virtually the complete text of A Sidereal Message and a substantial part of his masterpiece, the Dialogueon the Two Chief World Systems. The book contains all of Galileo's contributions to the debate on science and religion, including the letters to Benedetto Castelli and the Grand Duchess Christina, plus key documents from Galileo's trial before the Inquisition. William R. Shea's introduction gives a clear, lively overview of Galileo's career and achievements, and his notes explain the scientific and philosophical background.
Holdings
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB36.G2 A25 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000037669

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A sidereal message -- Letters on the sunspots. First letter ; From the Third letter -- Science and religion. Letter to Don Benedetto Castelli ; Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ; Letter from Cardinal Bellarmine to Paolo Antonio Foscarini ; Observations on the Copernican Theory -- From The assayer -- Dialogue on the two chief world systems. First day ; From the Second day ; From the Third day ; Fourth day -- The trial -- Two new sciences. From the First day -- From the Third day.

The first entirely new translation of Galileo's major writings for more than fifty years, this marvelous volume includes selections from all of his important writings on science, including virtually the complete text of A Sidereal Message and a substantial part of his masterpiece, the Dialogueon the Two Chief World Systems. The book contains all of Galileo's contributions to the debate on science and religion, including the letters to Benedetto Castelli and the Grand Duchess Christina, plus key documents from Galileo's trial before the Inquisition. William R. Shea's introduction gives a clear, lively overview of Galileo's career and achievements, and his notes explain the scientific and philosophical background.

Translated from the Italian.

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Main works of Galileo translat3d into modern english

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