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Item Length: 8.3 in Item Height: 0.6 in Subject: History, Astronomy Number of Pages: 408 Pages gtin13: 9781512801446 Language: English Publication Name: Controversy on the Comets of 1618 : Galileo Galilei, Horatio Grassi, Mario Guiducci, Johann Kepler Item Weight: 23.5 Oz Book Title: Controversy on the Comets of 1618 : Galileo Galilei, Horatio Gras ISBN: 9781512801446 Publication Year: 1960 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Format: Hardcover Item Width: 5.5 in Subject Area: Science Series: Anniversary Collection Type: Textbook Author: C. D. O'malley

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Controversy on the Comets of 1618 : Galileo Galilei, Horatio Grassi, Mario Guiducci, Johann Kepler, Hardcover by Drake, Stillman (TRN); O'Malley, C. D. (TRN), ISBN 1512801445, ISBN-13 9781512801446, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

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.

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