Galileo Publishes Dialogue
02/22/1632 AD published
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, by Galileo Galilei is published by Giovanni Battista Landini.
A conversation in which the character Simplicio argues for the Ptolemaic position (Earth-centered universe) against Salviati who advocates the Coperican Heliocentric position. Sagredo, a layman, is initially neutral, but soon sides with Salviati to crush Simlicio's arguments.
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