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Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa. E filosofo e matematico primario del serenissimo gr. duca di Toscana, doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico e copernicano, proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche e naturali tanto per l'una quanto per l'altra parte.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Firenze : Leo S. Olschki, 1999Description: 2 volumes (31, 458 pages) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 8822247507
  • 9788822247506
Uniform titles:
  • Dialogo dei massimi sistemi
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB 41 G158d 1999
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Summary: The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was an attempt by Galileo to promote the heliocentric theory of the universe. In the Copernican system the Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, while in the Ptolemaic system everything in the universe circles around the Earth. The Dialogue, published in Florence under a formal license from the Inquisition, attempted to skirt the controversy by couching the discussion in a fictional dialogue between Aristotle, Copernicus, and Ptolemy. The ruse was unsuccessful, and in 1633 Galileo was convicted of grave suspicion of heresy. Galileo was imprisoned, and the Dialogo was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books, from which it was not removed until 1835.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QB 41 G158d 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) v.1 1 Available 00000066764
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QB 41 G158d 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) v.2 1 Available 00000071008

Comprend : Vol.1, la reproduction de l'ouvrage ; Vol. 2, une présentation en italien, français et anglais, une bibliographie et des notes

Per Gio : Batista Landini, Fiorenza, 1632.

The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was an attempt by Galileo to promote the heliocentric theory of the universe. In the Copernican system the Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, while in the Ptolemaic system everything in the universe circles around the Earth. The Dialogue, published in Florence under a formal license from the Inquisition, attempted to skirt the controversy by couching the discussion in a fictional dialogue between Aristotle, Copernicus, and Ptolemy. The ruse was unsuccessful, and in 1633 Galileo was convicted of grave suspicion of heresy. Galileo was imprisoned, and the Dialogo was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books, from which it was not removed until 1835.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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