TY - BOOK AU - Galilei,Galileo TI - Systema Cosmicum AV - QB41 U1 - 520 23 PY - 2014///] CY - [Netherlands] PB - Elsevier KW - Astronomy KW - Early works to 1800 KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Early works N1 - 'First published by Abraham and Bonaventura Elzevier, and David Hauttus in 1635. Republished by Elsevier B.V. in 2014.'; Includes index N2 - Galileo Galilei's (1564-1642) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was first published in Italian in 1632 (Florence). Because Galileo's comparison between the Copernican and the traditional Ptolemaic systems had caused outrage among the Catholic clergy, the book was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books. Fortunately, the manuscript was adopted by scholars throughout Europe. The Elzeviers' Latin edition, titled Dialogus Systema Mundi was published in 1635, and contains a beautiful title page, as well as a portrait of the author UR - http://ezplib.ukm.my/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781493304059 ER -