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"""This fine translation is a god-send. . . . Surely you want to read what Galileo wrote. If so buy this book. Van Helden's introduction is scholarly; no one knows more about Galileo's telescope; the translation is superb; Van Helden's review of the reception of the Sidereal Messenger is profound; the bibliography is extensive. What more can I say?""--David W. Hughes, The Observatory ""[Sidereus nunclus] has never before been made available in its entirety in a continuous form, with full notes and comment. The introduction, translation and notes by Van Helden are a splendid example of the best scholarship and fullest accessibility. . . . we can now truly get to grips with the phenomenon of Galileo and what his life and work should mean to us today.""--Robert Temple, Nature"

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Author:   Galileo Galilei ,  Albert Van Helden
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.20cm
Weight:   0.218kg
ISBN:  

9780226279039

ISBN 10:   0226279030
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   15 April 1989
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Galileo Galilei (1564 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer. Albert Van Helden is professor of history at Rice University and the author of The Invention of the Telescope.

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