The starry messenger, Venice 1610 : "from doubt to astonishment" / Galileo Galilei ; with the symposium proceedings of Owen Gingerich, John W. Hessler, Peter Machamer, David Marshall Miller, Paul Needham, Eileen Reeves ; John W. Hessler and Daniel De Simone, editors ; [hosted by] Library of Congress.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Levenger Press in association with the Library of Congress,
A facsimile of a copy of Galileo's Sidereus nuncius in the Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections. Includes essays from a symposium celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Galileo Galilei's Sidereus nuncius held at the Library of Congress in November 2010. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Preface: In search of the complete Starry messenger / Daniel De Simone -- Introduction: "From doubt to astonishment" : Galileo and the beginnings of modern science / John W. Hessler -- Facsimile -- Translation. Reading the Sidereus nuncius ; Galileo's universe : a biographical index ; The Van Helden translation -- Scholarship. The papers of the symposium ; Seeing and believing : Galileo, Aristotelians, and the mountains on the moon / David Marshall Miller ; Galileo's Copernican conversion / Owen Gingerich ; Authenticity and facsimile : Galileo's paper trail / Paul Needham ; Hearing things : organ pipes, trumpets, and telescopes / Eileen Reeves ; Galileo's logical figures : refuting, or not , Aristotelian logic / John W. Hessler ; The fate of Galileo and his spyglass / Peter Machamer -- Biographies.
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