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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
The
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
(
Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo
) was a 1632
Italian-language
book by
Galileo Galilei
comparing the
Copernican
system with the traditional
Ptolemaic
system. It was translated into Latin as
Systema cosmicum
in 1635 by
Matthias Bernegger
. The book was dedicated to Galileo's patron,
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
, who received the first printed copy on February 22, 1632.
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