The sidereal messenger of Galileo Galilei : and a part of the preface to…
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"The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei" is an astronomical treatise published in 1610. It marks the first published scientific work based on telescopic observations. Galileo reveals stunning discoveries: mountains on the Moon's surface, hundreds of previously invisible stars in the Milky Way, and four celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter. Through detailed drawings and descriptions, he challenges long-held beliefs about the heavens. His observations of what he called the "Medicean Stars" would forever change
humanity's understanding of the cosmos and our place within it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 |
|---|---|
| Author | Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 |
| Translator | Carlos, Edward Stafford, 1842-1927 |
| LoC No. | 07005111 |
| Title | The sidereal messenger of Galileo Galilei : and a part of the preface to Kepler's Dioptrics containing the original account of Galileo's astronomical discoveries |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius |
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Produced by David Edwards, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QB: Science: Astronomy |
| Subject | Astronomy -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Jupiter (Planet) -- Satellites |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 46036 |
| Release Date | Jun 19, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1279 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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