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  • Dialogue on the Two Greatest World Systems

    by Galileo, William R. Shea, Mark Davie ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The truth which we arrive at by means of mathematical proofs is the same truth that is known to divine wisdom.' Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Greatest World Systems, the most brilliant and persuasive defence of the Copernican theory that the Earth goes around the Sun to have been written in the seventeenth century, is one of the foundation texts of modern science. This new translation renders ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Selected Writings

    by Galileo ...
    Translated by William R. Shea, Mark Davie ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Philosophy is written in this great book which is continually open before our eyes - I mean the universe...' Galileo's astronomical discoveries changed the way we look at the world, and our place in the universe. Threatened by the Inquisition for daring to contradict the literal truth of the Bible, Galileo ignited a scientific revolution when he asserted that the Earth moves. This generous ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Sidereal Messenger (Illustrated Original Edition)

    by Galileo Galilei ...
    Galileo Galilei had seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, at his father's urging he instead enrolled at the University of Pisa for a medical degree. In 1581, when he was studying medicine, he noticed a swinging chandelier, which air currents shifted about to swing in larger and smaller arcs. It seemed, by comparison with his heartbeat, that the chandelier took the same amount of time ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised edition

    by Galileo Galilei ...
    This 1967 edition of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is a revision of a 1953 edition. It includes a foreword by Albert Einstein, which is presented in en face German and English versions.The translation itself is based on the definitive National Edition prepared under the direction of Antonio Favaro and published at Florence in 1897. The material specifically added to the text ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei (Illustrated)

    by Galileo Galileri ...
    "And a part of the preface to Kepler's Dioptrics". "Containing the original account of Galileo's astronomical discoveries." According to Wikipedia: "Sidereus Nuncius (usually Sidereal Messenger, also Starry Messenger or Sidereal Message) is a short astronomical treatise (or pamphlet) published in New Latin by Galileo Galilei in March 1610. It was the first published scientific work based on ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Galileos Considerations on the Copernican Opinion (Illustrated Edition)

    by Galileo Galilei ...
    Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) needs no formal introduction, being one of the most famous astronomers and scientists in history. After four years, Galileo had announced to his father that he wanted to be a monk. This was not exactly what father had in mind, so Galileo was hastily withdrawn from the monastery. In 1581, at the age of 17, he entered the University of Pisa to study medicine, as his ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

  • Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger

    by Galileo Galilei ...
    Translated by Albert Van Helden ...
    The "revolutionary, scintillating book" in which Galileo revealed his wondrous astronomical discoveries, with accompanying notes and historical context (Metascience).Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It announced new and unexpected phenomena in the heavens, "unheard of through the ages," revealed by a mysterious new instrument. Galileo ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dawn of Modern Cosmology

    From Copernicus to Newton

    by Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, René Descartes, Isaac Newton ...
    Translated by Aviva Rothman ...
    New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it aboutIn the late fifteenth century, it was believed that the earth stood motionless at the centre of a small, ordered cosmos. Just over two centuries later, everything had changed. Not only was the sun the centre of creation, but the entire practice ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

    Enriched edition.

    by Galileo Galilei, Lily Wharton ...
    Translated by Henry Crew, Alfonso De Salvio ...
    In "Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences," Galileo Galilei presents a groundbreaking exploration of kinematics and the strength of materials, framed as a dialogue between three characters: Salviati, Sagredo, and Simplicio. The text is characterized by its accessible prose and rigorous logical argumentation, reflecting the Renaissance's burgeoning emphasis on empirical observation and mathematical ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Autobiography Collection

    by Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei ...
    Narrated by Sean Grabovsky ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 54 min

    This autobiography collection contains My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford, My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Isaac Newton, and The Autobiography of Galileo Galilei. ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

    by Galileo Galilei ...
    This is the last, and perhaps most important, work by the man Einstein called "the father of modern science." Confined to house arrest in the final years of his life after his heresy trial, Galileo Galilei composed his "Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences" in 1638 as a sort of magnum opus to a life devoted to scientific experimentation. The book outlines his investigations into physics and ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (Illustrated Edition)

    by Galileo Galilei ...
    Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) needs no formal introduction, being one of the most famous astronomers and scientists in history. After four years, Galileo had announced to his father that he wanted to be a monk. This was not exactly what father had in mind, so Galileo was hastily withdrawn from the monastery. In 1581, at the age of 17, he entered the University of Pisa to study medicine, as his ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD