“On a beautiful and clear evening in the early winter of 1609, Galileo Galilei trained his telescope on the illuminated surface of the moon and recognized something that no man had ever noted before….” So begins this fascinating and authoritative account of the little book that Galileo published in 1610, and that caused such a great clamor. (It still does, even today.) For here was something so revolutionary, it was scary: actual proof, thanks to Galileo’s nightly notes of what he saw through his newfangled telescope, that the earth was not the center of the universe. Thanks to the Library of Congress, Levenger Press brings you a full-size and true-color facsimile of that book, The Starry Messenger, from one of the rare copies with fully intact pages. Along with it is the definitive translation, plus essays from six of the world’s great Galileo scholars: Owen Gingerich, John W. Hessler, Peter Machamer, David Marshall Miller, Paul Needham and Eileen Reeves. This Levenger Press limited edition of The Starry Messenger (in Latin, the title is Sidereus nuncius) gives you fascinating back stories not found anywhere else. Not only is there the story of Galileo’s eventual house arrest for writing such heresy, but there’s also the modern-day story of how the Library of Congress came to find---and then authenticate---the rare untrimmed version of the book whose pages you will see. What Galileo did in his little book of moons and stars was to bring science out of the shadows and into the clear and rational light of modern day. If you treasure the epochal works of great thinkers—or have a fascination for outer space—here is the book that darn near made the earth shake. It merits a place on the bookshelf of every thinker, risk-taker, history lover and stargazer. Embossed hardcover with ribbon bookmark, printed in full color on archival-quality paper and with a Smythe-sewn binding for longevity.
0 有用 徐徐徐小徐 2020-08-27 12:16:19
In english, and not this version but - The “paradigm shift” initiated by galileo
0 有用 徐徐徐小徐 2020-08-27 12:16:19
In english, and not this version but - The “paradigm shift” initiated by galileo