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Author Graney, Christopher M., 1966- author.

Title Mathematical disquisitions : the booklet of theses immortalized by Galileo / Christopher M. Graney.

Publication Info. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 145 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary Johann Georg Locher wrote Disquisitiones Mathematicae (Mathematical Disquisitions) in 1614, about astronomy and the sun. Galileo replied, through Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, in 1632.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Translatorâ#x80;#x99;s Note -- The Structure of the Disquisitions -- Mathematical Disquisitions, Concerning Astronomical Controversies and Novelties -- Letter of Dedication -- Poem and Letter to the Reader -- Disquisitions 1â#x80;#x93;44 -- Approvals and Two Laudatory Poems -- Notes to the Translation -- Works Cited
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Subject Locher, Johann Georg. Disquisitiones mathematicae. English.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Dialogo dei massimi sistemi. English.
Dialogo dei massimi sistemi (Galilei, Galileo)
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy.
Chronological Term Early works to 1800
Subject Sun -- Early works to 1800.
Sun.
Sunspots -- Early works to 1800.
Sunspots.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Early works.
Other Form: Print version: Graney, Christopher M., 1966- Mathematical disquisitions. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2017] 9780268102418 (DLC) 2017030443
ISBN 9780268102432 (electronic book)
0268102430 (electronic book)
9780268102449
0268102449
9780268102418 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780268102425