Description: Further DetailsTitle: Galileo on the World SystemsCondition: NewEAN: 9780520206465ISBN: 9780520206465Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/25/1997Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 30mmItem Weight: 635gAuthor: Galileo GalileiLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A New Abridged Translation and GuideISBN-10: 0520206460Description: 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 only provides the human and historical framework for the Dialogue but also admits the reader gracefully into the basic non-Copernican understanding of the universe that would have been shared by Galileo's original audience. The translation of the Dialogue is abridged in order to highlight its essential content, and Finocchiaro gives titles to the various parts of the debate as a guide to the principal topics. By explicating his own critical reading of this text that is itself an exercise in critical reasoning on a gripping real-life controversy, he illuminates those universal, perennial activities of the human mind that make Galileo's book a living document.This is a concrete, hands-on introduction to critical thinking. The translation has been made from the Italian text provided in volume 7 of the Critical National Edition of Galileo's complete works edited by Antonio Favaro. The translator has also consulted the 1632 edition, as well as the other previous English translations, including California's 1967 version. "Galileo on the World Systems" is a remarkably nuanced interpretation of a classic work and will give readers the tools to understand and evaluate for themselves one of the most influential scientific books in Western civilization.Country/Region of Manufacture: USTranslator: Maurice A. FinocchiaroContributor: Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Edited by), Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Translated by)Genre: Literary CriticismTopic: Society & Culture, Philosophy & Spirituality, Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 1997 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Galileo on the World Systems
Title: Galileo on the World Systems
EAN: 9780520206465
ISBN: 9780520206465
Release Date: 05/25/1997
Release Year: 1997
Subtitle: A New Abridged Translation and Guide
ISBN-10: 0520206460
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Contributor: Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Translated by)
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 387 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Galileo on the World Systems : a New Abridged Translation and Guide
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 1997
Subject: General, Astronomy, Science & Technology
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Galileo Galilei
Subject Area: Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
