{"product_id":"dialogues-concerning-two-new-sciences-hardcover","title":"Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGalileo Galilei\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGALILEO GALILEI\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564, into a family of impoverished nobility. In 1581 he enrolled at the University of Pisa to study medicine, but later abandoned this for mathematics. Galileo was appointed chair of mathematics at Pisa, and remained in that post until 1591; later he moved to Padua, and finally to Florence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In marked contrast with the established tradition of science, Galileo relied on experimentation rather than ab-stract theorizing about the operation of the physical uni-verse. The famous experiment conducted from the top of the leaning tower of Pisa demolished the Aristotelian dictum that objects fall with a velocity equal to their weight. Galileo's avowal of the Copernican theory of the solar system, which set the sun and not the earth at the center, put him at loggerheads with ecclesiastical authority. Galileo was denounced publicly by the clergy and his peers; following the publication of his \u003ci\u003eDialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems \u003c\/i\u003ein 1632, Galileo was brought before the Inquisition for heresy and ordered to recant. The Inquisition subsequently decreed that all copies of the \u003ci\u003eDialogue \u003c\/i\u003ebe burned and that Galileo be imprisoned for the remainder of his life. The sentence was later commuted to house arrest at Arcetri, outside Florence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite its suppression in Italy, the \u003ci\u003eDialogue Con-cerning Two Chief World Systems \u003c\/i\u003ewas translated and disseminated throughout Europe. Galileo likewise became known for his discoveries of new heavenly bodies and refinements of the telescope. His last work, \u003ci\u003eDialogues Con-cerning Two New Sciences \u003c\/i\u003e(1638), completed while under house arrest and smuggled out of Italy, deals with the motion and resistance of bodies. Galileo regarded the \u003ci\u003eTwo New Sciences \u003c\/i\u003eas the best of all his studies. Indeed this work, the result of more than thirty years' experimentation and labor, may stand as the greatest monument to a life devoted to scientific truth and defiant of all strictures on freedom of expression. Galileo died at his villa in Arcetri on January 8, 1642; coincidentally, the year of his death is the year Sir Isaac Newton was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGalileo Galilei's other published works include \u003ci\u003eSidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) \u003c\/i\u003e(1610), on the revolution of heavenly bodies; and \u003ci\u003eLetters on Sunspots \u003c\/i\u003e(1613).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 303\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714671382591,"sku":"9781573920810","price":32.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3c68ee84427a55c42bdfcf9e88ebaba8.webp?v=1765068954","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dialogues-concerning-two-new-sciences-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}