The Controversy on the Comets of 1618 : Galileo Galilei, Horatio Grassi, Mario Guiducci, Johann Kepler.

The appearance of three comets in the autumn of 1618 touched off a controversy of such proportions that its effects are still inextricably associated with some of the most dramatic events marking the dawn of our modern era. This volume contains the principal works, in English translation, that were...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Drake, Stillman, O'Malley, C. D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
1618
Comets > 1618.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Comets
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • On the Three Comets of the Year 1618. An Astronomical Disputation on the Three Comets of the year 1618
  • Discourse on the Comets
  • The Astronomical Balance
  • Letter to Tarquinio Galluzzi
  • The Assayer
  • Appendix to the Hyperaspistes
  • Notes
  • INDEX

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