The Controversy on the Comets of 1618 : Galileo Galilei, Horatio Grassi, Mario Guiducci, Johann Kepler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drake, Stillman

O'Malley, C. D.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comets--1618.

Comets.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.) : 22 illus.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The appearance of three comets in the autumn of 1618 touched off a controversy of such proportions that its effects are still inextricably associated with some of the most dramatic events marking the dawn of our modern era. This volume contains the principal works, in English translation, that were published during the extended controversy between Galileo and the Jesuits over the nature of comets, concluding with a commentary by Johann Kepler. The controversy of of both scientific and philosophical significance because it was in this connection that Galileo disclosed his conception of scientific method, which has been vastly influential on the course of modern thought. The principal work, Il Saggiatore (The Assayer), is also of extraordinary literary merit; it is considered the greatest polemic ever written in the domain of physical science.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

On the Three Comets of the Year 1618. An Astronomical Disputation on the Three Comets of the year 1618

Discourse on the Comets

The Astronomical Balance

Letter to Tarquinio Galluzzi

The Assayer

Appendix to the Hyperaspistes

Notes

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781512801453

1512801453

OCLC:

979596741