The Controversy on the Comets of 1618
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1960. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters and decoration on spine, crimson and gold dust jacket, 380 pp., BW illus. VG- (Slight foxing to outer edge of book block; dj is worn esp. at head of spine; otherwise clean.). Item #148881
"The appearnace of three comets in the autumn of 1618 touched off a controversy of such proportions that its effects are still inextricably associated with some of the most dramatic events marking the dawn of our modern era. This volume, with an Introduction by Stillman Drake, contains the principal works, in English translation, which were published during the extended controversy between Galileo and the Jesuits over the nature of comets, concluding with a commentary by Johann Kepler." (dj) Contents: On the three comets of the year MDCXVIII / Horatio Grassi -- Discourse on the comets / Mario Guiducci -- The astronomical and philosophical balance / Horatio Grassi -- Letter to the very reverend Father Tarquinio Galluzzi of the Society of Jesus / Mario Guiducci -- The Assayer / Galileo Galilei -- Appendix to the Hyperaspistes or gleanings from the Assayer of Galileo / Johann Kepler.
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