Galileo Galilei's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systemsis
one of the most important scientific treatises ever written. Using
the dialogue form, a genre common in classical philosophical works,
Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system
over the Ptolemaic one, proving, for the first time, that the earth
revolves around the sun.
Stillman Drake(1910-1993) wasemeritus professor of the history of
science at the University of Toronto. His many translations and
scholarly works on Galileo includeGalileo at WorkandCause,
Experiment, and Science, both published by the University of
Chicago Press.
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