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Recognized for its cultural significance, this work contributes to the foundational knowledge of civilization. It has been chosen by scholars for its importance in understanding historical and societal contexts, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the development of human thought and culture.

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 invisible to the naked eye, individual stars in the Milky Way, and four moons around the planet Jupiter. These discoveries changed the terms of the debate between geocentric and heliocentric cosmology and helped ensure the eventual acceptance of the Copernican planetary system. Albert Van Helden’s beautifully rendered and eminently readable translation is based on the Venice 1610 edition’s original Latin text. An introduction, conclusion, and copious notes place the book in its historical and intellectual context, and a new preface, written by Van Helden, highlights recent discoveries in the field, including the detection of a forged copy of Sidereus Nuncius, and new understandings about the political complexities of Galileo’s work.

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.

Galileo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius, published in Venice in 1610, is a pivotal work that reshaped humanity's understanding of the cosmos, akin to Copernicus’ and Newton’s contributions. Utilizing the telescope, Galilei revealed that celestial bodies like the moon possess a surface as rugged as Earth’s and discovered that planets such as Jupiter have their own planetary systems. Driven by urgency to publish before competitors, he completed the work in just eight weeks, with parts being printed even before the entire manuscript was finalized. This haste, while evident throughout the text, adds to its unique appeal. Despite its significant impact, the physical origins of Sidereus Nuncius have not been thoroughly examined. Fundamental questions regarding its printing, paper quality, and illustrations remain largely unanswered. The first volume presents collaborative analyses by experts from various institutions, based on different copies of the book. The second volume, authored by Paul Needham, meticulously tracks the book’s production from January to March 1610, revealing that changes were made during printing, making each of the 450 copies effectively an original. These volumes not only provide a detailed study of Galilei's work on its 400th anniversary but also exemplify interdisciplinary collaboration in research.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

2015 Reprint of 1954 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is the standard translation of one of the greatest works in western science. Written near the end of his life, the book had to be published abroad and eventually led to Galileo's condemnation. Written as a discussion between a master and two students, it sets forth its hundred experiments and summarizes the conclusions Galileo drew from those experiments in a brisk, direct style. Galileo discusses aspects of fracture of solid bodies, cohesion, leverage, the speed of light, sound, pendulums, falling bodies, projectiles, uniform motion, accelerated motion, and the strength of wires, rods and beams under different loadings and placements. This is an unabridged republication of the translation by H. Crew and A. D Salvio, with an introduction by Antonio Favaro. The work recognized as the first systematic attempt to give a mathematical treatment of kinematics. "So great a contribution to physics was "Two New Sciences" that scholars have long maintained that the book anticipated Isaac Newton's laws of motion." --Stephen Hawking. "Galileo ... is the father of modern physics-indeed of modern science"-Albert Einstein.

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition.