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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “alessandro piccolomini”
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  • Alessandro Piccolomini’s Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content

    by Elly Dekker ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book presents the first detailed scientific examination of Alessandro Piccolomini’s two early astronomical works – De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 1540, the two treatises are amongst the earliest scientific texts written in the vernacular (Italian) and were specifically composed to make astronomical principles and practices available to a lay reader ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Alessandro Piccolomini’s Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance

    With Editions and Translations of De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse

    by Kristen Lippincott ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book presents the first interdisciplinary study of Alessandro Piccolomini’s two early astronomical works – De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 1540, the two treatises are amongst the earliest scientific texts written in the vernacular (Italian) and were specifically composed to make astronomical principles and practices available to a lay reader.The book ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

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  • Galileo

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  • Galileo's Telescope

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    by Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota, Franco Giudice ...
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    And the Science Deniers

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  • Math and the Mona Lisa

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  • Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger

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    Translated by Albert Van Helden ...
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