ISBN10: 0385092393, ISBN13: 9780385092395, [publisher: Doubleday AnchorBooks/ Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY] Softcover First Edition 302pp., viii. This mass market paperback artifact is very newish and is published much later than 1957. Be that as it may, in this copy it is stated: "Anchor Books edition: 1957"; "The Anchor Books edition is the first publication of [this book]"; '$1.95' at upper right front cover corner. Glossy wrappers with large blue circle on top half front cover, with title and translator name lettering in black superimposed, above yellow and black drawing of an astrolabe on middle front cover, green in the lune of overlap with blue; 3 1/2" crease on the diagonal (long flat) across top right corner front cover, with brief echoing forward in text sheets; a very few, very small foxing speckles on top edge; spine lightly, uniformly diminished blue (compared to front cover) with all lettering sharp and distinct (not faded), else Fine: tight binding, sharp corners, no rubbing wear, no previous owner names. Clean text. Despite superficial cover crease, solid newish copy. Looks Unread, textblock unvisited.
[Andover, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1957]

ISBN10: 0385092393, ISBN13: 9780385092395, [publisher: Anchor] Softcover 7.40 X 4.10 X 0.70 inches; 320 pages
[Toronto, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1957]

ISBN10: 0385092393, ISBN13: 9780385092395, [publisher: Anchor Books] Softcover Galileo introduced the world to the most significant aspects of modern science - its method of inquiry and its criterion of truth. As his own popularizer, Galileo addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of copernican cosmology against the Church's strong opposition, his development of a telescope and observatio nof such phenomena as comets and sunspots, his unorthodox opinions as a philosopher of science - the centraltenets of his career and subject of four of his most important writings, which appear here in new, definitive translations, with an introductory essay placing them in biographical & historical context. Addenda.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1957]

Garden City, NY Anchor / Doubleday 1957 Soft cover Fine Book Not ex-lib. Mass market paperback in light blue, white and yellow wraps. viii + 302pp. Chronology, bibliographical notes, index. Footnotes. Fine. Mild rubbing/toning along hinges. Else as new: clean, tight, square and remarkably bright.