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Sidereus Nuncius, or the Sidereal Messenger by Galilei, Galileo
by Galilei, Galileo | PB | Good
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- 9780226320090
- Publication Year
- 2016
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- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Sidereus Nuncius, or the Sidereal Messenger
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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 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.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022632009x
ISBN-13
9780226320090
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038272220
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Sidereus Nuncius, or the Sidereal Messenger
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
152 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0in
Item Width
0.5in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qb41.G173 2016
Edition Number
2
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A second edition of this widely used translation with a new preface summarizing Galileo scholarship since 1989, an expanded bibliography, and very slight revisions and corrections in the translation as well as in the introductory and concluding essays., Van Helden's new edition remains the best available for a student readership and as good a starting point as any to this revolutionary, scintillating book.
Table of Content
Preface to the Second Edition Preface Introduction Sidereus Nuncius Conclusion: The Reception of Sidereus Nuncius Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Europe / Italy, History, Astronomy
Lccn
2015-019952
Dewey Decimal
520
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Science, History
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