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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.
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.
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.
Galileo soon began working on his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Though the dialogue was set up as if it were a balanced account, it was clear even in a casual reading that the Copernican view was strongly favored.
Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems. Galileo's 1632 Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems synthesized his arguments for the Copernican system. Pope Urban VIII made a condition of its publication that Galileo should also present the views of Ptolemaic and Peripatetic (Aristotelean) astronomy.
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems—Ptolemaic and Copernican. work by Galileo. Also known as: “Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo, tolemaico e copernicano” Learn about this topic in these articles: discussed in biography. In Galileo: Galileo’s Copernicanism.
While the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems initially enjoyed a favorable response, Galileo's enemies soon went on the attack, and he had given them plenty of ammunition in his new work.
