| Other author/creator | Reeves, Eileen Adair. |
| Other author/creator | Van Helden, Albert. |
| Included Work | Scheiner, Christoph, 1575-1650. Tres epistolae. English. |
| Included Work | Scheiner, Christoph, 1575-1650. Accuratior disquisitio. English. |
| Included Work | Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti. English. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Sunspots before the telescope -- Harriot and Fabricius -- Christoph Scheiner -- Tres epistolae -- Galileo answers -- Galileo's first letter -- Galileo's second letter -- A more accurate inquiry from Ingolstadt -- Accuratior disquisitio -- Galileo responds and goes into print -- Galileo's third letter -- Rematch, 1630-1632 -- Appendices -- Scheiner and Galileo on the nature of the moon -- Galileo to Maffeo Cardinal Barberini -- Carlo Cardinal Conti to Galileo on scripture -- Scheiner's calculation of the transit of Venus -- Galileo's demonstrations -- Front matter of Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti. |
| Abstract |
"A history of the controversy over sunspots with translations of the letters contained in Galileo's Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti. The material that was added during the printing of the Istoria, the dedication, preface, laudatory poems, and the note from the printer to introduce Scheiner's tracts, have been added in an appendix"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-309) and index. |
| Language | Translated from Italian and Latin. |
| LCCN | 2009042191 |
| ISBN | 9780226707150 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226707156 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226707167 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226707164 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
