Discoveries and opinions of Galileo
Subtitle: translated with an introduction and notes by Stillman Drake.
Contributors: Drake, Stillman.
Publisher: Masterworks Program
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Garden City, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Work titles: Selections.
Notes: "Appendix I: Chronological summary of Galileo's life": p. [283]-287.

"Appendix II: Bibliographical notes": p. [289]-295.

Includes index.

"This edition was printed for a Doubleday Masterworks Paperback Book Club in the spring of 1963.  Many corrections are included for the first time" - MS. note on half title leaf by Stillman Drake.

With MS. additions and corrections by Stillman Drake
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