Written in vernacular Italian instead of Latin, it is divided into four days.
Written in vernacular Italian instead of Latin, it is divided into four days. The last contains a theory of tidal motion and the third contains an argument about whether or not the 1572 supernova was sub-lunar. On the first day sunspots are mentioned and on the second day a new physics, involving a proto concept of inertia, is put forth by Salviati to persuade his interlocutors, Sagredo and Simplicio, about the merits of the Copernican theory over Ptolemaic theory. FTP identify this 1632 work of Galileo.
Written in vernacular Italian instead of Latin, it is divided into four days.
A {Dialogue on the Two Principle World Systems} or A {Dialogue Concerning the Two Principle World Systems}. (or {“Chief”} for Principle).