Il Saggiatore
By: Galileo Galilei
3.76
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
Novembre 1618: la comparsa di tre comete non solo eccita i timori superstiziosi, ma tiene "in conti…
Want to Read $ 4.62"Philosophy is written in this all-encompassing book that is constantly open to our eyes, that is the universe; but it cannot be understood unless one first learns to understand the language and knows the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures; without these it is humanly impossible to understand a word of it, and one wanders in a dark labyrinth."-Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore
"Philosophy is written in this all-encompassing book that is constantly open to our eyes, that is the universe; but it cannot be understood unless one first learns to understand the language and knows the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures; without these it is humanly impossible to understand a word of it, and one wanders in a dark labyrinth."-Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore
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6. Il Saggiatore
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Format: 424 pages, Paperback
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