Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642, author.
Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, Ptolemaic & Copernican / translated by Stillman Drake ; foreword by Albert Einstein.
Galileo's outstanding scientific work supporting the new Copernican conception of the universe (which led to the famous trial). In the form of a conversation among characters named Salviati, Sagredo, & Simplicio.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Solar system -- Early works to 1800.
Drake, Stillman, translator.