Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised edition
- 495 pages
- 18 hours of reading
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition.
Galileo Galilei Books
February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
Galileo Galilei was a pivotal figure in the Scientific Revolution, whose work in physics, mathematics, and astronomy fundamentally altered our understanding of the cosmos. He improved the telescope, enabling groundbreaking astronomical observations, and boldly championed the heliocentric model of the solar system. His studies of motion and celestial phenomena, including the phases of Venus and Jupiter's moons, earned him recognition as the father of modern astronomy and physics. Despite the controversies and personal hardships his discoveries engendered, Galileo laid the foundations for modern scientific thought.
Selected writings
- 431 pages
- 16 hours of reading
This generous selection from Galileo's writings contains all the essential texts. Newly translated by Mark Davie and William R. Shea, the contents include full representation from his scientific masterpieces, his contributions to the debate on science and religion, and key documents from his trial before the Inquisition in 1633.
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own popularizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's strong opposition, his development of a telescope, and his unorthodox opinions as a philosopher of science were the central concerns of his career and the subjects of four of his most important writings. Drake's introductory essay place them in their biographical and historical context.
Dialog uber die beiden hauptsachlichsten Weltsysteme, das Ptolemaische und das Kopernikanische ist ein unveranderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1891. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ernahrung, Medizin und weiteren Genres.Der Schwerpunkt des Verlages liegt auf dem Erhalt historischer Literatur.Viele Werke historischer Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftler sind heute nur noch als Antiquitaten erhaltlich. Hansebooks verlegt diese Bucher neu und tragt damit zum Erhalt selten gewordener Literatur und historischem Wissen auch fur die Zukunft bei."
