Galileo on the World Systems A New Abridged Translation and Guide

Informationen zum Autor Maurice A. Finocchiaro is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada! Las Vegas. Klappentext "This is a very creative piece of work which merits the highest praise. It should be of great value for students and for the general reader."-I. Bernard Cohen! author of Guide to Newton's "Principia" "Finocchiaro has done a superb job of presenting Galileo to the modern reader. The Dialogue is a work of extreme difficulty! requiring a compendious introduction! careful selection! translation and analysis of texts! and thoughtful evaluation of its impact on Western culture. With his well-known logical ability and a feel for pedagogy rare among scholars! Finocchiaro meets these demands in an exceptional way. His is a classic introduction to Galileo's masterpiece."-William A. Wallace! author of Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof "I recommend Galileo on the World Systems for any course on Galileo. The introduction does a fine job of situating the book in the intellectual climate of the time! and the notes make Galileo's prose and arguments thoroughly accessible."-Albert Van Helden! translator of Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius Zusammenfassung A nuanced interpretation of Galileo's 1632 book, "Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems", that gives readers the tools to understand and evaluate for themselves one of the most influential scientific books in Western civilization.

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• Assisted by: M. A. Finocchiaro (Editor), Finocchiaro Maurice A. (Editor), Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Editor), Finocchiaro Maurice A. (Translation), Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Translation)
• Authors: Galileo Galilei, Maurice A. Finocchiaro
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 25.05.1997
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interview
• EAN: 9780520206465
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20646-5
• Pages: 387
• Subjects: History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, SCIENCE / Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Literary essays, Astronomy, space & time, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy