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  • Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger

    by Galileo Galilei ...
    Translated by Albert Van Helden ...
    The "revolutionary, scintillating book" in which Galileo revealed his wondrous astronomical discoveries, with accompanying notes and historical context (Metascience).Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It announced new and unexpected phenomena in the heavens, "unheard of through the ages," revealed by a mysterious new instrument. Galileo ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Sunspots

    by Galileo Galilei, Christoph Scheiner ...
    Translated by Eileen Reeves ...
    Galileo's telescopic discoveries, and especially his observation of sunspots, caused great debate in an age when the heavens were thought to be perfect and unchanging. Christoph Scheiner, a Jesuit mathematician, argued that sunspots were planets or moons crossing in front of the Sun. Galileo, on the other hand, countered that the spots were on or near the surface of the Sun itself, and he ... Read more

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  • The Changing Image of the Sciences

    Edited by Ida H. Stamhuis, Teun Koetsier, Cornelis De Pater, Albert Van Helden ...
    Series series History (R0)
    The title of our book would lead the reader to believe that in speaking ofthe chang ing image of the sciences, we are taking for granted the multiplicity of sciences, as these are practiced, for instance, in modern universities. That was, of course, not always the case. Although we can point to some subjects, for instance mathematical astronomy, as being demarcated to some extent from other ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • To Explain the World

    The Discovery of Modern Science

    by Steven Weinberg ...
    The Nobel Prize–winner shares "a masterful journey through humankind's scientific coming-of-age" from the Greeks to modern times (Brian Greene).In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries of human striving to unravel the mysteries of the world. This sweeping saga ranges from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford ... Read more

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  • Galileo

    Watcher of the Skies

    by David Wootton ...
    "Demonstrates an awesome command of the vast Galileo literature . . . [Wootton] excels in boldly speculating about Galileo's motives" ( The New York Times Book Review).Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer, and author, David Wootton places him at the center of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years; the beginnings of his scientific career constructing a "new ... Read more

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  • Galileo's Telescope

    A European Story

    by Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice ...
    Translated by Catherine Bolton ...
    An innovative exploration of the development of a revolutionary optical device and how it changed the world.Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky changed forever, ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells the story of how an ingenious optical device evolved from a toy-like curiosity into a precision scientific ... Read more

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  • Galileo

    And the Science Deniers

    by Mario Livio ...
    An “intriguing and accessible” (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history’s greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. “We really need this story now, because we’re living through the next chapter of science denial” (Bill McKibben).Galileo’s story may be more relevant today ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Galileo

    by John L. Heilbron ...
    Just over four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope - of the craters of the moon, and the satellites of Jupiter, observations that forced changes to perceptions of the perfection of the heavens and the ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Trouble With Gravity

    Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet

    by Richard Panek ...
    What is gravity? Nobody knows—and just about nobody knows that nobody knows. How something so pervasive can also be so mysterious, and how that mystery can be so wholly unrecognized outside the field of physics, is one of the greatest conundrums in modern science. But as award-winning author Richard Panek shows in this groundbreaking, mind-bending book, gravity is a cold case that's beginning to ... Read more

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  • The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (Great Discoveries)

    Galileo and the Roman Inquisition

    by Dan Hofstadter ...
    Series series Great Discoveries
    A cogent portrayal of a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought and the beginnings of modern science.Celebrated, controversial, condemned, Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Scientists and Inventors of the Renaissance

    by Robert Curley ...
    Series series The Renaissance
    The ingenuity evidenced during the Renaissance was not just limited to the fine arts. A number of scientists and inventors also made astonishing breakthroughs in astronomy, medicine, physics, and more. Readers examine the scientific revolution, profiling Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo, and many other great thinkers who transformed the scientific and mechanical worlds. ... Read more

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  • The Essential Galileo

    by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin ...
    Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the first scientist in the modern use of the term. Instead of relying on the works of Aristotle, he actually carried out experiments to test theories – legend has it that one of his experiments involved throwing weights off the Leaning Tower of Pisa. His astronomical observations with the telescope shattered the idea that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD