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Title page of Galileo's
Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems,
published in Florence in February 1632.
This is usually considered as Galileo's masterpiece.
Despites ostensible claims to the contrary, the Dialogue
represents Galileo's strongest endorsement of the Copernican system
over its Ptolemaic counterpart,
and makes devastating refutations of many central
tenets of Aristotelian Physics. The book still makes for
fascinating reading today.
Reproduced from S. Drake's 1967 translation.
On July 25 1632 the Roman authorities issued an order forbiding further
distribution of the book, and recalling copies already distributed. Following
Galileo's trial and condemnation in 1633 the
Dialogue was put on the Index of Prohibited Books, where it remained
until 1835.
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Bibliography:
Galileo, G. 1632, Dialogues concerning the two chief world systems,
trans. S. Drake, 2nd edition 1967, University of California Press.
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