Article ID: CBB250863110

The mistery of the missing 2 (2012)

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Among the Galileo papers is a page with six watercolor images of the Moon. Four are numbered 1, 5, 4, and 3, with an obvious but unlabeled candidate for the number 2. Explicit references to these numbers in the autograph manuscript for Sidereus Nuncius show how tightly these watercolors are connected to the construction of the book, and demonstrate how Galileo's plans evolved, leading to his combining drawings 1 and 2 into a dramatic pastiche for the published text.

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Authors & Contributors
Van Helden, Albert
Shea, William R.
Ariew, Roger
Wilson, Fred
Whitaker, Ewen A.
Warwick, Genevieve
Journals
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Seventeenth Century
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Intersezioni: Rivista di Storia delle ldee
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Leo S. Olschki
Concepts
Astronomy
Moon
Science and art
Telescopes
Moons of other planets
Cosmology
People
Galilei, Galileo
Plutarch
Leonardo da Vinci
Kepler, Johannes
Harriot, Thomas
Gilbert, William
Time Periods
17th century
Renaissance
16th century
Places
Italy
France
Europe
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