Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Galileo GalileiSeries:Great Minds SeriesPublish date:1991-12-01Pages:303
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781573920810ISBN-10:1573920819UPC:9781573920810Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:PhysicsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCQN2533E1
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
Galileo Galilei was a great scientist, and therefore not afraid of causing controversy, even if he had to pay a great price. His public advocacy of the Copernican over the Aristotelian system of the universe flew directly in the face of biblical authority and ecclesiastical tradition. Condemned and placed under house arrest by the Inquisition, Galileo nonetheless devoted his last years to the...
Series: Great Minds Series
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781573920810ISBN-10:1573920819UPC:9781573920810Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:PhysicsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCQN2533E1
GALILEO GALILEI was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564, into a family of impoverished nobility. In 1581 he enrolled at the University of Pisa to study medicine, but later abandoned this for mathematics. Galileo was appointed chair of mathematics at Pisa, and remained in that post until 1591; later he moved to Padua, and finally to Florence. In marked contrast with the established tradition of...
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