Galileo Galilei 
Galileo on the World Systems [PDF ebook] 
A New Abridged Translation and Guide

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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.
Finocchiaro sets the stage with his introduction, which not...

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Table of Content

Editorial Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Significance of Galileo’s Dialogue
2. The Geostatic Worldview
3· The Copernican Controversy
4. The Galile...

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About the author

Maurice A. Finocchiaro is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 387 ● ISBN 9780520918221 ● File size 18.3 MB ● Editor Maurice A. Finocchiaro ● Publisher University of California Press ● Country US ● Published 1997 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4995071 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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