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CHAPTER VI.
Galilei (from 1564 a.d. to 1642 a.d.), §§ 113-134 |
145-178 |
§ 113. | Early life |
145 |
§ 114. | The pendulum |
146 |
§ 115. | Diversion from medicine to mathematics : his first book |
146 |
§ 116. | Professorship at Pisa : experiments on falling bodies : protests against the principle of authority |
147 |
§ 117. | Professorship at Padua : adoption of Coppernican views |
148 |
§ 118. | The telescopic discoveries. Invention of the telescope by Lippersheim : its application to astronomy by Harriot, Simon Marius, and Galilei |
149 |
§ 119. | The Sidereus Nuncius : observations of the moon |
150 |
§ 120. | New stars : resolution of portions of the Milky Way |
151 |
§ 121. | The discovery of Jupiter's satellites : their importance for the Coppernican controversy : controversies |
151 |
§ 122. | Appointment at the Tuscan court |
153 |
§ 123. | Observations of Saturn. Discovery of the phases of Venus |
154 |
§ 124. | Observations of sun-spots by Fabricius, Harriot, Scheiner, and Galilei : the Macchie Solari : proof that the spots were not planets : observations of the umbra and penumbra |
154 |
§ 125. | Quarrel with Scheiner and the Jesuits : theological controversies : Letter to the Grand Duchess Christine |
157 |
§ 126. | Visit to Rome. The first condemnation : prohibition of Coppernican books |
159 |
§ 127. | Method for finding longitude. Controversy on comets : Il Saggiatore |
160 |
§ 128. | Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World. Its preparation and publication |
162 |
§ 129. | The speakers : argument for the Coppernican system based on the telescopic discoveries : discussion of stellar parallax : the differential method of parallax |
163 |
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