Galileo's Sidereus nuncius: A comparison of the proof copy (New York) with other paradigmatic copies (Vol. I). Needham: Galileo makes a book: the first edition of Sidereus nuncius, Venice 1610 (Vol. II)
Vol. I: Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius (Ed. by: Irene Brückle, Oliver Hahn); Vol. II: Paul Needham, Galileo Makes a Book
Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius or Sidereal Messenger published in Venice in 1610, is one of those books that rewrote history, as did Copernicus' De revolutionibus and Newton's Principia. Its author's use of the telescope made it clear for the first time that celestial bodies like the moon have a surface just as craggy as Earth's. Galilei also realized that planets such as Jupiter form the center of their own planetary systems. His book would transform humanity's view of the cosmos forever. Afraid that his competitors would publish before he did, Galilei produced his work as if pursued by furies. Eight weeks after he wrote the first line…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Hahn, Oliver (Hrsg.) / Needham, Paul (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-05-006240-2
- EAN: 9783050062402
- Produktnummer: 19602915
- Verlag: Gruyter, Walter de GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 441 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 23 Schwarz-Weiß- und 328 farbige Abbildungen
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