Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher and mathematician, played a major role in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. His discoveries with the telescope revolutionised astronomy and paved the way for the acceptance of the Copernican heliocentric system, while his formulation of the law of falling bodies and parabolic trajectories marked the beginning of a fundamental change in the study of motion. ONTENTS: The Books THE STARRY MESSENGER LETTER TO THE GRAND DUCHESS CHRISTINA DISCOURSE ON FLOATING BODIES DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE TWO CHIEF WORLD SYSTEMS DISCOURSES AND MATHEMATICAL DEMONSTRATIONS RELATING TO TWO NEW SCIENCES The Biographies LIFE OF GALILEO by Sir David Brewster THE TRIAL OF GALILEO by A. Mézières GALILEO by Robert S. Ball BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: GALILEO GALILIEI
