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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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By Galileo, Stillman Drake (Translator), Albert Einstein (Foreword by), John Heilbron (Introduction)
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Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of his being brought to trial before the Inquisition. Using the dialogue form, a genre common in classical philosophical works, Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic one, proving, for the first time, that the earth revolves around the sun. Its influence is incalculable. The Dialogue is not only one of the most important scien...