Galileo Galilei: 24 books

Book cover of The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei and a Part of the Preface to Kepler's Dioptrics Containing the Original Account of Galileo's Astronomical Discoveries
by Galileo Galilei & Johannes Kepler
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

In 1609, Galileo, then Professor of Mathematics at Padua, in the service of the Venetian Republic, heard from a correspondent at Paris of the invention of a telescope, and set to work to consider how such an instrument could be made. The result was his invention of the telescope known by his name, and...
Book cover of Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (Illustrated Edition)
by Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) needs no formal introduction, being one of the most famous astronomers and scientists in history. After four years, Galileo had announced to his father that he wanted to be a monk. This was not exactly what father had in mind, so Galileo was hastily withdrawn from the monastery....
Book cover of Works of Galileo Galilei
by Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013

2 works of Galileo Galilei Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (1564-1642) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Galileo Galilei . A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Discourse on Floating Bodies Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
Book cover of Opere di Galileo Galilei
by Galileo Galilei
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 11, 2013

8 opere di Galileo Galilei Fisico, filosofo, astronomo e matematico italiano, considerato il padre della scienza moderna (1564-1642) Questo libro elettronico presenta una collezione di 8 opere di Galileo Galilei. Indice interattivo: Capitolo in biasimo della toga Due lezioni all'Accademia...
Book cover of Galileos Considerations on the Copernican Opinion (Illustrated Edition)
by Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) needs no formal introduction, being one of the most famous astronomers and scientists in history. After four years, Galileo had announced to his father that he wanted to be a monk. This was not exactly what father had in mind, so Galileo was hastily withdrawn from the monastery....
Book cover of Galileo Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
by Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2017

Galileo’s Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences is one of the greatest works in western science. Written by Galileo in the last years of his life, (while under house arrest by the Inquisition for suspected heresy), the book had to be published abroad and eventually led to Galileo's censure. Written...
Book cover of Cartas copernicanas (Anotada)
by Galileo Galilei
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 31, 2017

La Carta a la señora Cristina de Lorena, gran duquesa de Toscana (título original: Lettera a Madama Cristina di Lorena granduchessa di Toscana) es un carta escrita por el astrónomo, científico e intelectual Renacentista Galileo Galilei, en la que trata el problema de la religión y la ciencia....
Book cover of Il Saggiatore
by Galileo Galilei
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 11, 2017

"Il Saggiatore, nel quale con bilancia squisita e giusta si ponderano le cose contenute nella Libra" è un trattato scritto da Galileo Galilei, a cura dell'Accademia dei Lincei e dedicato all'accademico e maestro di Camera del papa Virginio Cesarini. Dopo aver avuto l'imprimatur dal teologo...
Book cover of Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger
by Galileo Galilei, Albert Van Helden, Albert Van Helden
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016

Galileo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It announced new and unexpected phenomena in the heavens, “unheard of through the ages,” revealed by a mysterious new instrument. Galileo had ingeniously improved the rudimentary “spyglasses”...
Book cover of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
by Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015

Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of...
Book cover of Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo
by Galileo Galilei
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 10, 2015

Il Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo è un'opera di trattatistica scientifica composta da Galileo Galilei negli anni tra il 1624 e il 1630, per poi ricevere l'imprimatur nel 1632, anno della sua prima pubblicazione. Scritta sotto la forma di dialogo fra tre personaggi (Simplicio, Sagredo...
Book cover of Lettere
by Galileo Galilei
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 22, 2013

Questo volume è composto da una raccolta di Lettere dello scienziato e filosofo Galileo Galilei, scritte negli anni della maturità dal 1610 al 1640, due anni prima della morte. Tra queste vi sono anche le cosiddette lettere “copernicane”, in cui Galileo parla delle sue tesi astronomiche a sostegno...
Book cover of Lezioni sull'Inferno di Dante
by Galileo Galilei
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 1, 2016

Si può fare scienza della letteratura? Esiste un punto in cui poesia e matematica, teologia ed astronomia s'incontrano? Nel 1588 Galileo Galilei tenne, su invito dell'Accademia Fiorentina, due lezioni “intorno la figura, sito e grandezza” dell'Inferno di Dante: il risultato fu un singolare trattatello...
Book cover of Great Astronomers: Complete Collection (Golden Deer Classics)
by Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2017

This book contains the following works with an Active Table of Contents -Great Astronomers: Tycho Brahe - Great Astronomers: Johannes Kepler - Great Astronomers: Isaac Newton - Great Astronomers: Nicolaus Copernicus - Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei - Great Astronomers: John Flamsteed -Great Astronomers:...
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