Galileo Galilei, Letter to Belisario Vinta
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Letter to Belisario Vinta, Padua, July 1610 Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. Gal. 86, f. 42r Galileo informs the Secretary of State of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany that, thanks to his telescope, he has discovered that Saturn comprises three bodies. He provides a rough outline sketch of the planet's three-bodied aspect.
Galileo Galilei, Letter to Belisario Vinta INTRODUCTION Man and the stars SECTION I The dawn of astronomy: Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Biblical Cosmos SECTION II The cosmos becomes a sphere SECTION III The geometry of the cosmos SECTION IV The skies of Islam SECTION V Evangelisation of the cosmos SECTION VI The Renaissance of Astronomy SECTION VII Galileo: the cosmos through the telescope SECTION VIII From Galileo to Newton The face of Galileo The telescope and astronomical discoveries Painting Galileo’s skies The birth of selenography The drama of the trial The quest for longitude Zoom G
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