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Author : Galileo Galilei
Release : 1610
Genre : Astronomy
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Book Rating : 494/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610 by : Galileo Galilei
Download or read book The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610 written by Galileo Galilei. This book was released on 1610. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A facsimile of a copy of Galileo's Sidereus nuncius in the Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections.
Author : Horst Bredekamp
Release : 2014-07-28
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 706/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Galileo Forgery by : Horst Bredekamp
Download or read book A Galileo Forgery written by Horst Bredekamp. This book was released on 2014-07-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galileo’s O, Volume III, is perhaps without peer in the history of the book. In this work, historians in various fields revise the results they presented in the first two volumes, which focused on the New York copy of Sidereus Nuncius, written in 1610. The analysis of this book was conceived as a uniquely multidisciplinary and cooperative undertaking, and many of its findings remain valid. Yet the subject of analysis proved to be the work of an international group of forgers. Volume III describes the chronology and methods by which the discovery of forgery was made – a veritable watershed moment in the continuing struggle between the ever-more refined methods of forgers and new methods used to apprehend them. Ultimately, the work also provides insight into the psychology of specialists who “research themselves” in order to prevent similar errors in the future.
Author : Galileo
Release : 1957-04-01
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 393/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo by : Galileo
Download or read book Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo written by Galileo. This book was released on 1957-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own popularizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's strong opposition, his development of a telescope, and his unorthodox opinions as a philosopher of science were the central concerns of his career and the subjects of four of his most important writings. Drake's introductory essay place them in their biographical and historical context.
Author : David Wootton
Release : 2010-10-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 068/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Galileo by : David Wootton
Download or read book Galileo written by David Wootton. This book was released on 2010-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Demonstrates an awesome command of the vast Galileo literature . . . [Wootton] excels in boldly speculating about Galileo’s motives” (The New York Times Book Review). Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer, and author, David Wootton places him at the center of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years; the beginnings of his scientific career constructing a “new physics”; his move to Florence seeking money, status, and greater freedom to attack intellectual orthodoxies; his trial for heresy and narrow escape from torture; and his house arrest and physical (though not intellectual) decline. Wootton also reveals much that is new—from Galileo’s premature Copernicanism to a previously unrecognized illegitimate daughter—and, controversially, rejects the long-established belief that Galileo was a good Catholic. Absolutely central to Galileo’s significance—and to science more broadly—is the telescope, the potential of which Galileo was the first to grasp. Wootton makes clear that it totally revolutionized and galvanized scientific endeavor to discover new and previously unimagined facts. Drawing extensively on Galileo’s voluminous letters, many of which were self-censored and sly, this is an original, arresting, and highly readable biography of a difficult, remarkable Renaissance genius. Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in the Astronautics and Astronomy Category “Fascinating reading . . . With this highly adventurous portrayal of Galileo’s inner world, Wootton assures himself a high rank among the most radical recent Galileo interpreters . . . Undoubtedly Wootton makes an important contribution to Galileo scholarship.” —America magazine “Wootton’s biography . . . is engagingly written and offers fresh insights into Galileo’s intellectual development.” —Standpoint magazine
Author : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Release : 1975
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Book Synopsis The Geography and Map Division by : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Download or read book The Geography and Map Division written by Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
