{"product_id":"mathematical-disquisitions-the-booklet-of-theses-immortalized-by-galileo-paperback","title":"Mathematical Disquisitions: The Booklet of Theses Immortalized by Galileo - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher M. Graney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathematical Disquisitions: \u003cem\u003eThe Booklet of Theses Immortalized by Galileo\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new English translation of the 1614 \u003cem\u003eDisquisitiones Mathematicae\u003c\/em\u003e, which Johann Georg Locher wrote under the guidance of the German Jesuit astronomer Christoph Scheiner. The booklet, an anti-Copernican astronomical work, is of interest in large part because Galileo Galilei, who came into conflict with Scheiner over the discovery of sunspots, devoted numerous pages within his famous 1632 \u003cem\u003eDialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems--Ptolemaic and Copernican\u003c\/em\u003e to ridiculing \u003cem\u003eDisquisitiones\u003c\/em\u003e. The brief text (the original was approximately one hundred pages) is heavily illustrated with dozens of original figures, making it an accessible example of \"geocentric astronomy in the wake of the telescope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher M. Graney is professor of physics and astromony at Jefferson Community \u0026amp; Technical College in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSetting Aside All Authority: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the Science against Copernicus in the Age of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191472021811,"sku":"9780268102425","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/buOxi2OUHX9780268102425.webp?v=1775044765","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mathematical-disquisitions-the-booklet-of-theses-immortalized-by-galileo-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}