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Galileo's groundbreaking dialogues are a summation of three decades
of scientific work he had undertaken in the fledgling field of
physics. This edition includes the diagrams crucial for
understanding the text. Writing these dialogues in 1638, the
elderly Galileo had a life of achievements behind him. Despite
attempts at suppression of his writings by the Roman Inquisition,
his ideas were successfully communicated across Europe. The motion
of objects and resistance to such motion, the concept of velocity,
and the laws of gravity are merely a few of the topics covered in
these detailed dialogues. At the outset, we are introduced to the
three conversation partners: Salviati, Sagredo and Simplicio. These
three Venetians embark on a scientific discussion, hoping to
explain the curiosities of things such as speed and movement. Over
the course of four days, their meetings grow in complexity and
scope as they strive to explain physical phenomena.
Galileo's groundbreaking dialogues are a summation of three decades
of scientific work he had undertaken in the fledgling field of
physics. This edition includes the diagrams crucial for
understanding the text. Writing these dialogues in 1638, the
elderly Galileo had a life of achievements behind him. Despite
attempts at suppression of his writings by the Roman Inquisition,
his ideas were successfully communicated across Europe. The motion
of objects and resistance to such motion, the concept of velocity,
and the laws of gravity are merely a few of the topics covered in
these detailed dialogues. At the outset, we are introduced to the
three conversation partners: Salviati, Sagredo and Simplicio. These
three Venetians embark on a scientific discussion, hoping to
explain the curiosities of things such as speed and movement. Over
the course of four days, their meetings grow in complexity and
scope as they strive to explain physical phenomena.
This is a new release of the original 1944 edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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