Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Galileo's comparison of the Copernican system, with the Earth orbiting the Sun, and the older Earth-centred system.
Why it was banned: Placed on the Index of Forbidden Books after Galileo's trial by the Roman Inquisition in 1633; it stayed there until 1835.
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At a glance
- Shelf status
- In print
- Banned by
- The Vatican's Index
- Banned in
- The Vatican
- Why it was banned
- Placed on the Index of Forbidden Books after Galileo's trial by the Roman Inquisition in 1633; it stayed there until 1835.
- Author
- Galileo Galilei
- Topics
- —
- First published
- 1632
- Shelf note
- In print; ban history from the public record.
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