The starry messenger, Venice 1610
Subtitle: "from doubt to astonishment"
By: Galileo Galilei ; with the symposium proceedings of Owen Gingerich, John W. Hessler, Peter Machamer, David Marshall Miller, Paul Needham, Eileen Reeves ; John W. Hessler and Daniel De Simone, editors ; [hosted by] Library of Congress
Contributors: Hessler, John W., editor of compilation; De Simone, Daniel, editor of compilation; Gingerich, Owen; Machamer, Peter K.; Miller, David Marshall; Needham, Paul, 1943-; Reeves, Eileen Adair; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Library of Congress
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Levenger Press in association with the Library of Congress
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Delray Beach, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781929154494
Subjects: Astronomy; Early works to 1800; Congresses; Satellites
Notes: A facsimile of a copy of Galileo's Sidereus nuncius in the Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections.

Includes essays from a symposium celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Galileo Galilei's Sidereus nuncius held at the Library of Congress in November 2010.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: "From doubt to astonishment" : Galileo and the beginnings of modern science / John W. Hessler; title: Facsimile; title: Reading the Sidereus nuncius; title: Galileo's universe : a biographical index; title: The Van Helden translation; title: The papers of the symposium; title: Seeing and believing : Galileo, Aristotelians, and the mountains on the moon / David Marshall Miller; title: Galileo's Copernican conversion / Owen Gingerich; title: Authenticity and facsimile : Galileo's paper trail / Paul Needham; title: Hearing things : organ pipes, trumpets, and telescopes / Eileen Reeves; title: Galileo's logical figures : refuting, or not , Aristotelian logic / John W. Hessler; title: The fate of Galileo and his spyglass / Peter Machamer.