Il Saggiatore at 400. An early modern controversy and its legacy. Introduction

The text is a short introduction to Galilei’s Il Saggiatore and to the essays in the Focus. Il Saggiatore was published in response to a cometary dispute started in 1619 by the publication of the Jesuit Orazio Grassi’s De tribus cometis disputatio. Il Saggiatore challenged Grassi’s methodology and...

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Main Author: Dario Tessicini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museo Galileo 2023-11-01
Series:Galilæana
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Online Access:https://gal-studies.museogalileo.it/index.php/galilaeana/article/view/28
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