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Book/Printed Material Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 4, Volume 2, Astronomy: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Dialogo sopra i Massimi sistemi del Mondo

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Title

  • Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 4, Volume 2, Astronomy: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.

Other Title

  • Dialogo sopra i Massimi sistemi del Mondo

Summary

  • This manuscript of 1632 contains an incomplete, autographical editing of Dialogo sopra i massimi sistemi del mondo (Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems) by the Italian scientist and mathematician Galileo Galilei (1564--1642). The text of this version, at the National Central Library in Florence, is very close to the definitive manuscript prepared for print (the complete autographical version of the text is in the Seminary Library in Padua). Published in 1632, the Dialogo had occupied Galileo for six years and is one of his most important works. It takes the form of a discussion among a spokesman for Copernicus, a spokesman for Ptolemy and Aristotle, and an educated layman who the two spokesmen attempt to win over. The church had issued an edict in 1616, which prohibited Galileo from teaching the Copernican view of the solar system. Galileo traveled to Rome in 1624 to meet with Pope Urban VIII, who refused to lift the edict but gave Galileo permission to discuss the Copernican system in a book, provided he gave equal and impartial treatment to the geocentric view associated with Ptolemy and Aristotle. The Dialogo reflects Galileo's attempt to advance his scientific views while observing the letter of the church's order.

Names

  • Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1632.

Headings

  • -  Italy
  • -  1632
  • -  Astronomy
  • -  Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
  • -  Solar system

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: National Central Library of Florence.
  • -  Content in Italian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Galilean Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667675

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Galilei, Galileo, Author. Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 4, Volume 2, Astronomy: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1632] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667675/.

APA citation style:

Galilei, G. (1632) Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 4, Volume 2, Astronomy: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667675/.

MLA citation style:

Galilei, Galileo, Author. Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 4, Volume 2, Astronomy: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1632] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667675/>.