AUTHOR: GALILEO GALILEI

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

DATE: 1614-1615

PAGE #: 251

REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 11.75 X 8.75

HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: IN THIS CODEX, GALILEO GALILEI DEFENDS THE COPERNICAN THEORY THAT THE EARTH MOVES AROUND THE SUN. HE CONFIRMED THIS THEORY WITH A GREATLY ENHANCED TELESCOPE OF HIS OWN DESIGN, WHICH MAGNIFIED MORE THAN ANY OTHER TELESCOPE OF THE TIME. THE MAIN MANUSCRIPTS IN THIS VOLUME ARE LETTERS, WHICH OUTLINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC THEORY AND THE BIBLE. IN THE LETTERS, GALILEO ARGUED THAT THE BIBLE WAS MEANT TO BE MORAL TEACHINGS, RATHER THAN SCIENTIFIC FACT, A DEBATE STILL RELEVANT TODAY. THIS FACSIMILE PRESERVES GALILEO’S MANUSCRIPTS IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM. THE HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANS OF HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOK ARE PRINTED, AND THEN BOUND IN GENUINE LEATHER. THE BINDING PROCESS LEADS TO BOTH A STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND BEAUTIFUL LOOKING BOOK. WE SUBMIT TO YOU THAT OUR REPRODUCTION WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME, MUCH LIKE THE AUTHOR’S THEORIES.

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