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On sunspots
- Title
- On sunspots [electronic resource] / Galileo Galilei and Christoph Scheiner ; translated and introduced by Eileen Reeves and Albert Van Helden.
- Author
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 418 p.) : ill.
- Summary
- "A history of the controversy over sunspots with translations of the letters contained in Galileo's Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti. The material that was added during the printing of the Istoria, the dedication, preface, laudatory poems, and the note from the printer to introduce Scheiner's tracts, have been added in an appendix"--
- Uniform Title
- On sunspots (Online)
- Alternative Title
- On sunspots (Online)
- Subject
- Sunspots > Early works to 1800
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-309) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Sunspots before the telescope -- Harriot and Fabricius -- Christoph Scheiner -- Tres epistolae -- Galileo answers -- Galileo's first letter -- Galileo's second letter -- A more accurate inquiry from Ingolstadt -- Accuratior disquisitio -- Galileo responds and goes into print -- Galileo's third letter -- Rematch, 1630-1632 -- Appendices -- Scheiner and Galileo on the nature of the moon -- Galileo to Maffeo Cardinal Barberini -- Carlo Cardinal Conti to Galileo on scripture -- Scheiner's calculation of the transit of Venus -- Galileo's demonstrations -- Front matter of Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti.
- LCCN
- 2009042191
- OCLC
- ssj0000424488
- Author
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- Title
- On sunspots [electronic resource] / Galileo Galilei and Christoph Scheiner ; translated and introduced by Eileen Reeves and Albert Van Helden.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-309) and index.
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Reeves, Eileen Adair.Van Helden, Albert.Scheiner, Christoph, 1575-1650. Tres epistolae. English.Scheiner, Christoph, 1575-1650. Accuratior disquisitio. English.Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti. English.