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The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems ( Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo) is a 1632 Italian-language book by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system. It was translated into Latin as Systema cosmicum [1] ( Cosmic System) in 1635 by Matthias Bernegger. [2]
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. by Galileo Galilei (1632) Cover Page. Translated by Stillman Drake Annotated and Condensed by S. E. Sciortino. The open-minded and lettered Sagredo in Galileo's dialogue was a close friend of the scientist. Salviati represents the views of Galileo himself.
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As its title suggests, the work took the form of a dialogue between three speakers: Salviati, a Copernican who speaks for Galileo himself; Sagredo, an open-minded gentleman who gradually comes to accept Salviati's arguments; and Simplicio, a defender of the Ptolemaic world-view, whose simplistic dogmatism falls to Salviati's keen insights.
Mar 4, 2005 · In Day One of his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632), Galileo argues that matter will move naturally along circular trajectories, neither speeding up nor slowing down. Then, in Day Two, he introduces his version of the famous principle of the relativity of observed motion.
THE DIALOGUE. GALILEO GALILEI - DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE TWO CHIEF WORLD SYSTEMS: THE PTOLEMAIC AND THE COPERNICAN. (1632) The book discusses the two rival astronomical theories - the Ptolemaic, according to which the earth is the center of the world, and the Copernican, which assumes that the sun is immobile and that the planets revolve around it.
Aug 14, 2014 · Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, Ptolemaic & Copernican; : Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
The First Day introduces the speakers in the dialogue: Salviati, Sagredo, and Simplicio, the same as in the Dialogue. These three people are all Galileo just at different stages of his life, Simplicio the youngest and Salviati, Galileo's closest counterpart.
