The Essential Galileo

by Galileo Galilei

Book Overview

Finocchiaro's new and revised translations have done what the Inquisition could not: they have captured an exceptional range of Galileo's career while also letting him speak--in clear English. No other volume offers more convenient or more reliable access to Galileo's own words, whether on the telescope, the Dialogue, the trial, or the mature theory of motion. --Michael H. Shank, Professor of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin' Madison...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872209377
• ISBN13: 9780872209374
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"