Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
Autore di Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo
Sull'Autore
Galileo Galilei, the great astronomer and physicist whose researches played so crucial a role in the history of science, also occupies an important place in the history of philosophy for his part in overthrowing the predominant Aristotelian concept of the nature of the universe. Galileo considered mostra altro himself a philosopher and referred to himself as such on the title pages of his most influential works. Much recent research has been devoted to examining both the philosophical background of Galileo's scientific achievements and the philosophical implications of his scientific method. Born in Pisa, the eldest son of a famous music theorist, Galileo entered on the study of medicine at the University of Pisa but quickly shifted his interest to mathematics. From 1589 to 1592, he taught mathematics at Pisa while studying independently with Jacopo Mazzoni, a distinguished professor of philosophy. His earliest scientific works, directed against Aristotle's account of freely falling bodies, date from this period. In 1592 he moved to Padua, where he lectured on mathematics and astronomy, and by 1597 he was defending the Copernican helicocentric theory of the universe in a letter to his friend Mazzoni. When in 1609, he learned of the invention of the telescope in Holland, Galileo quickly designed an improved version of the instrument for his own astronomical observations. His startling discoveries---including the satellites of Jupiter---were revealed in 1610 in his Starry Messenger (Sidereus nuncius), which led to his appointment as mathematician and philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. On a visit to Rome in 1611, he demonstrated the power of his instrument and defended the Copernican worldview in learned circles. Church authorities were divided on the question of whether the Copernican theory was consistent with scriptural accounts of the cosmos, and Galileo's position was attacked on theological grounds. He defended himself eloquently in his famous Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615), arguing for the independence of scientific inquiry from theological constraints. Nevertheless, in the following year, he was forbidden to hold or teach the Copernican view. Retiring to Florence to pursue his scientific researches, Galileo let the Copernican question lie until a new pope, Urban VIII, seemed to offer a more favorable reception to his views. In 1632 he brought out his great Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, a presentation of the Ptolemaic-Aristotelian and Copernican systems heavily weighted in favor of the scientific superiority of the latter. In spite of the support of his Florentine and Roman friends, Galileo was tried and forced to recant his defense of helicocentrism under the threat of torture; the Dialogue was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books and its author sentenced to house arrest for life. Galileo's last years were spent in scientific investigations that culminated in the publication of his Discourses on Two New Sciences (1638). Galileo's legacy as a philosopher lies in his outspoken defense of the autonomy of scientific investigation from philosophical and theological authority, and his conviction that mathematical proofs can and should be sought in physical science, that celestial and terrestrial phenomena can be accounted for by a single set of scientific laws, and that scientific explanations cannot be divorced from direct empirical observation of phenomena. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Serie
Opere di Galileo Galilei
Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti : comprese in tre lettere scritte… (1613) 21 copie
Discorsi : unterredungen und mathematische Beweisführungen zu zwei neuen Wissensgebieten (2013) 8 copie
Galileo's Early Notebooks. The Physical Questions. A Translation from the Latin, with Historical and… (1977) 6 copie
Il compasso geometrico e militare di Galileo Galilei : testi, annotazioni, e disputa negli scritti di G. Galilei, M.… (1992) 4 copie
Prose scelte 3 copie
Scritti letterari 3 copie
Galileo Interactive DVD 3 copie
Frammenti e lettere 3 copie
Galilei (volume primo) 3 copie
Galileu & Newton 2 copie
Galileo Galilei on Motion and Mechanics: Comprising De Motu (ca. 1590) and Le Meccaniche (ca. 1600) (1960) 2 copie
Mathematical discourses concerning two new sciences relating to mechanicks and local motion, in four dialogues. By… (2010) 2 copie
Dos lecciones infernales : dos lecciones ante la Academia Florentina acerca de la forma, la ubicación y el… (2012) 2 copie
Galileo Galilei: Opere 2 copie
Opere volume I 2 copie
Against the donning of the gown 2 copie
La prosa 2 copie
Galilei (volume secondo) 2 copie
The Sidereal Messenger Of Galileo Galilei: And A Part Of The Preface To Kepler's Dioptrics (1880) (2010) 2 copie
Galileo e gli scienziati del Seicento, v. 1: Opere — Autore — 2 copie
Arutlusi ja matemaatilisi tõestuskäike kahe uue teadusharu vallast, mehaanika ning maapealsete liikumiste… (2024) 2 copie
Ground Power #105 1 copia
Ground Power #104 1 copia
Discourse on the Tides 1 copia
Lettera a Cristina di Lorena sui rapporti tra l'autorita della scrittura e la liberta della scienza 1 copia
Rime 1 copia
Duas Novas Ciências 1 copia
Opere 1 1 copia
Vita ed opere: per saggi criticamente disposti delle sue lettere e delle sue prose scientifiche 1 copia
Opere 2 1 copia
Galileu 1 copia
Problema della verità, Il 1 copia
Ground Power #108 1 copia
Ground Power #109 1 copia
Die 80er Jahre 1 copia
El ensayador 1 copia
The Sidereal Messenger Of Galileo Galilei: And A Part Of The Preface To Kepler's Dioptrics (1880) (2010) 1 copia
SIDEREUS NUNCUS 1 copia
Die 50er Jahre 1 copia
Die 60er Jahre 1 copia
Die 70er Jahre 1 copia
Die 90er Jahre 1 copia
Galilei [Opere di] 1 copia
Il saggiatore nel quale conbilancia esquisita e giusta si ponderano le cose contenute nella libra astronomica e… (2019) 1 copia
'On motion' and 'On mechanics' 1 copia
Ground Power #129 1 copia
Ground Power #155 1 copia
Ground Power #133 1 copia
Ground Power #139 1 copia
Ground Power #140 1 copia
Ground Power #141 1 copia
Ground Power #142 1 copia
Ground Power #153 1 copia
Ground Power #154 1 copia
Ground Power #158 1 copia
Great Books 28 1 copia
Ground Power #161 1 copia
Ground Power #170 1 copia
Ground Power #174 1 copia
Ground Power #178 1 copia
Ground Power #146 1 copia
Ground Power #147 1 copia
I dialoghi sui massimi sistemi 1 copia
Dos lecciones infernales : dos lecciones ante la Academia Florentina acerca de la forma, la ubicación y el tamaño del… (2011) 1 copia
Pensieri, motti e sentenze 1 copia
Lettera a Cristina di Lorena 1 copia
I Dialoghi Di Galileo Galilei Sui Massimi Sistemi Tolemaico E Copernicano: Volume Unico (Classic Reprint) (Italian… (2017) 1 copia
Opere letterarie 1 copia
De motu 1 copia
Pensieri, Motti e Sentenze 1 copia
Dialogo di Galileo Galilei ... : doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del… (1999) 1 copia
Opere Discorso interno alle cose che stanno in su l' acqua-Lettere Copernicane-Il saggiatore-Lettere 1 copia
Opere vol. 34° 1 copia
The Private Life Of Galileo: Compiled Principally From His Correspondence And That Of His Eldest Daughter, Maria… (2008) 1 copia
Rime 1 copia
Lettera a Cristina di Lorena 1 copia
Problema della verità, Il 1 copia
Sidereus Nuncius e lettere 1 copia
Opere vol. 2 1 copia
The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei and a Part of the Preface to Kepler's Dioptrics Containing the Original… (2016) 1 copia
Diálogos sobre dos nuevas ciencias. Jornada Segunda / Galileo Galilei ; [prólogo de José Calavera] (1981) 1 copia
Galileo's Letter about the Libration of the Moon: A Critical Study, Transcription, and Translation 1 copia
A Letter from Galileo Galilei: A Long-lost Letter from Galileo to Peiresc on a Magnetic Clock 1 copia
Il pensiero di Galileo Galilei 1 copia
I dialoghi di Galileo Galilei sui massimi sistemi Tolemaico e Copernicano (Italian Edition) (1874) 1 copia
Due lezioni all'Accademia Fiorentina circa la figura, sito e grandezza dell'Inferno di Dante (Italian Edition) (2019) 1 copia
Noticiero sideral 1 copia
Opere correlate
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy (2002) — Collaboratore — 1,195 copie
The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected Readings (1989) — Collaboratore — 149 copie
Mechanics in sixteenth-century Italy;: Selections from Tartaglia, Benedetti, Guido Ubaldo, & Galileo (University of… (1969) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Galilei, Galileo
- Nome legale
- Galilei, Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de'
- Altri nomi
- GALILEI, Galileo
- Data di nascita
- 1564-02-15
- Data di morte
- 1642-01-08
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Church of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Tuscany
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Italy
- Luogo di nascita
- Pisa, Duchy of Florence
- Luogo di morte
- Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Luogo di residenza
- Pisa, Italy (birth)
Padua, Italy
Florence, Tuscany, Italy - Istruzione
- Pisa University
- Attività lavorative
- professor(mathematics ∙ Padua University)
astronomer
mathematician
writer
author
philosopher - Relazioni
- Celeste, Sister Maria (daughter)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Pisa
University of Padua - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Accademia dei Ricovrati
- Breve biografia
- How can one summarize Galileo? He asked questions no one could answer, and then invented ways to answer them himself. He was the great Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and the father of modern science.
Utenti
Discussioni
Galileo Galilei in Legacy Libraries (Gennaio 2014)
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Folio Society (1)
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- Opere
- 226
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 3,372
- Popolarità
- #7,556
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 25
- ISBN
- 199
- Lingue
- 16
- Preferito da
- 10