Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican

Galilei, Galileo

ISBN 10: 0520004493 / ISBN 13: 9780520004498

Published by University of California Press, 1967

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: Italian
• ISBN 10: 0520004493
• ISBN 13: 9780520004498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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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.

About the Author

J. L. Heilbron is a professor of history and Vice Chancellor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, and currently Senior Research Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books on the history of science, including most recently The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories and Geometry Civilized: History, Culture, and Technique.

Stephen Jay Gould is the Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology and professor of geology at Harvard and the Vincent Astor visiting professor of biology at New York University. Recent books include Full House, Dinosaur in a Haystack, and Questioning the Millennium. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.