Mathematical disquisitions
Subtitle: the booklet of theses immortalized by Galileo
By: Christopher M. Graney
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780268102418; 9780268102425
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Sunspots
Description: Johann Georg Locher wrote Disquisitiones Mathematicae (Mathematical Disquisitions) in 1614, about astronomy and the sun. Galileo replied, through Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, in 1632.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-140) and index.