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The starry messenger, Venice 1610 : "from doubt to astonishment" / Galileo Galilei ; with the symposium proceedings of Owen Gingerich, John W. Hessler, Peter Machamer, David Marshall Miller, Paul Needham, Eileen Reeves ; John W. Hessler and Daniel De Simone, editors ; [hosted by] Library of Congress.

Title
The starry messenger, Venice 1610 : "from doubt to astonishment" / Galileo Galilei ; with the symposium proceedings of Owen Gingerich, John W. Hessler, Peter Machamer, David Marshall Miller, Paul Needham, Eileen Reeves ; John W. Hessler and Daniel De Simone, editors ; [hosted by] Library of Congress.
Author
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
Publication
Delray Beach, Florida : Levenger Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Hessler, John W.
  • De Simone, Daniel
  • Gingerich, Owen
  • Machamer, Peter K.
  • Miller, David Marshall
  • Needham, Paul, 1943-
  • Reeves, Eileen Adair
  • Library of Congress host institution.
Description
xiv, 209 pages; 29 cm
Subject
  • Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. > Congresses
  • Astronomy > Congresses
  • Jupiter (Planet) > Satellites > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Actes de congrès.
Note
  • A facsimile of a copy of Galileo's Sidereus nuncius in the Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections.
  • Includes essays from a symposium celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Galileo Galilei's Sidereus nuncius held at the Library of Congress in November 2010.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
"From doubt to astonishment" : Galileo and the beginnings of modern science / John W. Hessler -- Facsimile -- Reading the Sidereus nuncius -- Galileo's universe : a biographical index -- The Van Helden translation -- The papers of the symposium -- Seeing and believing : Galileo, Aristotelians, and the mountains on the moon / David Marshall Miller -- Galileo's Copernican conversion / Owen Gingerich -- Authenticity and facsimile : Galileo's paper trail / Paul Needham -- Hearing things : organ pipes, trumpets, and telescopes / Eileen Reeves -- Galileo's logical figures : refuting, or not , Aristotelian logic / John W. Hessler -- The fate of Galileo and his spyglass / Peter Machamer.
ISBN
  • 9781929154494
  • 1929154496
LCCN
^^2013017860
OCLC
846489477
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library