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1	Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo more books like this by Stillman Drake (Translator), Galileo Galilei, Galileo add to wishlist Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own populizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's strong opposition, his development of the telescope, and his unorthodox opinions as a philosopher of science were the central concerns of his career and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.55! \| first editions
2	Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems more books like this by Galileo Galilei, Galileo, Stillman Drake (Notes by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.48! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Cause, Experiment and Science: A Galilean Dialogue Incorporating a New English Translation of Galileo's Bodies That Stay Atop Water, or Move in It more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.43! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Essays on Galileo & the History more books like this by Stillman Drake, Noel M Swerdlow (Introduction by), Mr. Trevor H Levere (Introduction by) add to wishlist For Forty Years, Beginning With The Publication Of The First Modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age. During that time, he published sixteen books on Galileo, including translations of almost all the major ... see all copies from $2.73! new only from $3.98! \| first editions
5	Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition more books like this by Galileo Galilei, Stillman Drake (Translator) add to wishlist This 1967 edition of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is a revision of a 1953 edition. It includes a foreword by Albert Einstein, which is presented in en face German and English versions. The translation itself is based on the definitive National Edition prepared under the direction of Antonio Favaro and published at Florence ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist Detailed accounts, including many excerpts from Galileo's own writings, cover work on motion, mechanics, hydraulics, strength of materials, projectiles; construction of telescopes and pioneering astronomical observations; more. 36 black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $108.82! \| first editions
7	Galileo: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $6.00! \| SVS
8	Telescopes, Tides, and Tactics: A Galilean Dialogue about the Starry Messenger and Systems of the World more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist Drawing on Galileo's scientific working papers and the letters and notebooks of his colleagues, Drake presents and imaginative Galilean dialogue using the text of the Starry Messenger as a departure point for discussions of appropriate scientific method, new discoveries, and the emergence of a new world view at this early stage of the Scientific ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $37.95! \| first editions
9	Galileo Studies: Personality, Tradition, and Revolution more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Nature, Experiment and the Sciences more books like this by Mr. Trevor H Levere (Editor), W R Shea (Editor), Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $75.00! new only from $179.31! \| SVS
11	Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass, 1606: Operations Of... more books like this by Stillman Drake, Galileo Galilei add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95! new only from $14.99!
12	Galileo more books like this by Keith Thomas (Editor), Stiliman Drake, Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13	Mechanics in Sixteenth-Century Italy: Selections from Tartaglia, Benedetti, Guido Ubaldo, & Galileo more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $24.57! new only from $74.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Two New Sciences: Including Centres of Gravity and Force of Percussion more books like this by Galileo Galilei, Stillman Drake (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $13.95! new only from $67.75!
15	Galileo Pioneer Scientist more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $49.43! new only from $50.92! \| first editions
16	Galileo at Work more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $17.82!
17	On motion, and On mechanics; comprising De motu (ca. 1590) more books like this by Galileo Galilei, I. E. Drabkin, Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $100.00!
18	Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science: Volumes I-III (Set) more books like this by Stillman Drake, Mr. Trevor H Levere (Introduction by), Noel M Swerdlow (Selected by) add to wishlist see all copies from $90.13! new only from $90.13!
19	Copernicus--philosophy and science : Bruno-Kepler-Galileo more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
20 view cover	Le Operazioni Del Compasso Geometrico Et Militare (Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass; Facsimile of 1606 Edition on Cd-Rom) by Galileo Galilei (English Translation By Stillman Drake; Introduction By Filippo Camerota) add to wishlist see all copies from $35.00! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
21 view cover	Galileo more books like this by Stillman Drake add to wishlist In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.62! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science: Volume I more books like this by Stillman Drake, Noel M Swerdlow (Introduction by), Mr. Trevor H Levere (Introduction by) add to wishlist For Forty Years, Beginning With The Publication Of The First Modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age. During that time, he published sixteen books on Galileo, including translations of almost all the major ... see all copies from $39.95! new only from $39.95!
23	Galileo Galilei by Stillman Drake add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! first editions
24 view cover	Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science: Volume III more books like this by Stillman Drake, Noel M Swerdlow (Introduction by), Mr. Trevor H Levere (Introduction by) add to wishlist For Forty Years, Beginning With The Publication Of The First Modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age. During that time, he published sixteen books on Galileo, including translations of almost all the major ... see all copies from $37.92! new only from $37.92!
25 view cover	I Believe by Ervin; Graham Drake, Irvin; Shirl, Jimmy; Stillman, Al add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.59!

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