Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei

Robert Stawell Ball

Sinopse

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism, which held that the Earth is not the center of the universe and that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun. Galileo has been called the father of modern observational astronomy, the father of modern physics, and the father of modern science.

This eBook tells the life story of Galileo, from a chapter in Great Astronomers by Sir Richard S. Ball (2nd edition, 1907). It begins:

"Among the ranks of the great astronomers it would be difficult to find one whose life presents more interesting features and remarkable vicissitudes than does that of Galileo. We may consider him as the patient investigator and brilliant discoverer. We may consider him in his private relations, especially to his daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a woman of very remarkable character; and we have also the pathetic drama at the close of Galileo's life, when the philosopher drew down upon himself the thunders of the Inquisition."

The book explains Galileo's work and theories, along with a narrative of his personal troubles because of his science. The Catholic Church held that Galileo's theory was heretical, contrary to holy scripture. He was ordered never to speak of it, but he defied that order and was tried before the Inquisition again for heresy and defiance of a Papal decree.

"...With his hands on the Gospels, Galileo was made to curse and detest the false opinion that the sun was the centre of the universe and immovable, and that the earth was not the centre of the same, and that it moved. He swore that for the future he will never say nor write such things as may bring him under suspicion, and that if he does so he submits to all the pains and penalties of the sacred canons."

He was ordered to be secluded for the rest of his life and not to speak of his theory again. The book ends with this sad story of science versus dogma.

Disponível desde: 19/03/2016.

Outros livros que poderiam interessá-lo

Children and Environmental...

Philip J. Landrigan, Mary M....

More than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during the last four decades. Today the World Health Organization attributes more than one-third of all childhood deaths to environmental causes, and as rates of childhood disease skyrocket—autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and even birth defects—it raises serious, difficult questions around how the chemical environment is impacting children's health. 
Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an accessible guide to understanding and identifying the potential sources of harm in a child's environment. Written by experts in pediatrics and environmental health and formatted in an easy to follow question-and-answer format, it offers parents, care providers, and activists a reliable introduction to a hotly debated topic. 
As the burdens of environmental toxins and disease continue to defy borders, this book provides a new benchmark to understanding the potential threats in our environment and food. No parent or care provider should be without it.

Ver livro

The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins,...

Learn the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names with this informative reference guide.

Just who was the Przewalski after whom Przewalski's horse was named? Or Husson, the eponym for the rat Hydromys hussoni? Or the Geoffroy whose name is forever linked to Geoffroy's cat? This unique reference provides a brief look at the real lives behind the scientific and vernacular mammal names one encounters in field guides, textbooks, journal articles, and other scholarly works.

Arranged to mirror standard dictionaries, the more than 1,300 entries included here explain the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names. Each bio-sketch lists the scientific and common-language names of all species named after the person, outlines the individual’s major contributions to mammalogy and other branches of zoology, and includes brief information about his or her mammalian namesake’s distribution. The two appendixes list scientific and common names for ease of reference, and, where appropriate, individual entries include mammals commonly—but mistakenly—believed to be named after people.

The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals is a highly readable and informative guide to the people whose names are immortalized in mammal nomenclature.

“A small treasure trove of information about the people whose names are immortalized in mammalian nomenclature. Given that we mammalogists are prone to ancestor worship, I expect it to be a best-seller.” —Don E. Wilson, Journal of Mammalian Evolution

“This is a great reference for the mammalogy professional or student, or the curious naturalist.” —Wildlife Activist

“This is a splendid book which fills a real gap in zoological literature.” —Nicholas Gould, International Zoo News

Ver livro

ECG EKG Interpretation - An Easy...

Nathan Orwell

Are you curious about ECG and want to learn to read it for academic purpose?  
Would you like to hold up that next ECG and confidently interpret what you see? If so, then keep reading! 
ECG Interpretation is often the initial component of diagnostic testing available in the evaluation of a patient. A proper understanding of the ECG Interpretation allows early detection of important pathological and physiological issues. This book will completely transform your aspects at ECG interpretation, and we guarantee you that by the time you complete this guide with us, you'll feel like a professional. 
Whether you are learning to interpret Electrocardiograms, or if you simply want to better recognize your own diagnosis and results, this book will be able to help. 
That's who this book is aimed at: 
✅ Medical and nursing students who need to review before an exam without having to take long, complicated academic books back into their hands 
✅ Professionals in the field who find it useful to keep a practical and fast manual with them for every eventuality 
✅ Enthusiasts who would like to discover something new about a fundamental instrument of medicine 
✅ Those who want something simple and straightforward to use at any time, without having to get lost in the kind of complicated and long-winded language contained in the myriad pages of academic books 
✅ High school students who want to learn more, even without having the knowledge of a university student 
If you fall then in at least one of these categories of people, this book will be very useful. 
What are you waiting for?

Ver livro

Creating Space - Story...

Sacha Pearce, Jan Collis

Creating Space tells a professional and personal story of healthcare chaplaincy and models the way in which practice development emerges from reflecting on the human story. This book reveals to healthcare, the Church and the community, the unique role of the chaplain’s experiences as a resource to others. It is written for professional practitioners, prompting their own contextual learning and development, whether as chaplains, pastoral carers, parish clergy, lay ministers, volunteers in any caring context, those who work in listening therapies, those who provide care and support to others of any kind, or those who use or teach reflective practice.

 
The authors connect in a straightforward way their view of healthcare chaplaincy as a model of practical theology, based on key practical theologians who see the human story as a source of learning. They outline their own reflective practice tool for learning and share the way in which they see each pastoral encounter as a reflective source of learning. They discover how their experiences have developed the discernment process for chaplaincy vocation, urging the Church to see beyond the parish model in today’s world.

Ver livro

The Penny Stock Investing Bible...

Michael Sichs

Do You Want to Reap All the Amazing Benefits of Penny Stock Trading Minus The Risk of Losing Your Hard-Earned Money? This Life-Changing Guide Will Maximize Your Profits & Give You The Chance to Live the Life of Your Dreams! 
This powerful guide will pave you the road to financial freedom by introducing you to penny stock trading! 
Would you like to:Apply proven, most profitable strategies to your penny stock trading plan and turn your investments into capital?Boost your trading success, maximize your profits, and reduce the risk of losing your hard-earned money?Successfully recognize fruitful opportunities and invest your time and money only in stocks that can double, triple, or quadruple in a short period? 
If so, this practical guide will show you how to buy into a company for a small investment and sell your penny stocks for substantial profits! 
Here’s what you’ll find inside this amazing guide:A concise blueprint on how to act on the stock market according to previous risk assessment by understanding the benefits and dangers in day exchanging;An insider view into the best practices for penny stock trading for beginners and a better understanding of action’s prices;The crucial steps you need to know to start penny stock investment, common mistakes and how to avoid them, and how you set yourself up for success from the very start; 
Inside this astonishing book lies the secret to your success! 
Scroll up, click on “Buy Now with 1-click”, and Get Your Copy Now!

Ver livro

Confidence Feels Like Shit - The...

Erika Cramer

What if you could create unshakable confidence and unstoppable self-belief? 
Award-winning confidence coach Erika Cramer, the Queen of Confidence, invites you and women everywhere to stop accepting less while also being prepared to put in the work - because creating confidence is not comfortable. 
Erika shows you how to: Reclaim your confidence and stand as your fully expressed self (filter- and apology-free) Create the ultimate confidence mindset Stop obsessing about what other people think of you Let go of people-pleasing, once and for all Stop constantly comparing yourself to others 
Confidence can transform your life forever! Every aspect of your own happiness, healing and self-worth begins and ends with you.  
Erika includes life-altering questions and exercises, and a step-by-step guide to help you coach yourself into the confidence you deserve.  
It's time to stop believing that confidence is reserved for the lucky ones, the popular ones, or the “pretty ones”. Confidence is available to each and every one of us.  
Are you ready to do what it takes to create it?

Ver livro