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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 (Cosmic System) in 1635 by Matthias Bernegger.
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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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.
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.
Oct 2, 2001 · 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...
Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is a mine of information for anyone interested in the cultural history of the Western world and its influence upon economic and political development.
