Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems -- Ptolemaic & Copernican

Galileo Galelei; translated by Stillman Drake

ISBN 10: 0520004507 / ISBN 13: 9780520004504

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1967

About this Item

Description: Printed with wide outer margins to allow for the annotated notes; includes a few (very few) drawings. Foreword by Albert Einstein. ''Augmented by Galileo's handwritten additions in his own copy of the first edition, this classic in the history of science is reprinted unabridged from the first completely new translation in three centuries. The translation conveys in modern English the fiery spirit of the original Dialogue.'' BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; Very Good condition. notes, index. 8vo (8 inches tall). 505 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems -- Ptolemaic & Copernican
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, California
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520004507
• ISBN 13: 9780520004504
• Binding: Paperbound
• Edition: 4th Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Math and Science

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Synopsis

This 1967 edition of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is a revision of a 1953 edition. It includes a foreword by Albert Einstein, which is presented in en face German and English versions.

The translation itself is based on the definitive National Edition prepared under the direction of Antonio Favaro and published at Florence in 1897. The material specifically added to the text by Galileo himself after publication of the first edition (1632) has been included as well. In addition, the margins of the book include translations of Galileo's own postils (running notes), placed as nearly as possible beside their textual references.