Description In 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius , or Starry Messenger , a "hurried little masterpiece" in John Heilbron\'s words.
Indeed, the appearance of the little book is regarded as one.
Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope--the craters of the moon, the satellites of Jupiter--Galileo dramatically challenged our idea of the perfection of the heavens and the centrality of the Earth in the universe.
Description In 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius , or Starry Messenger , a "hurried little masterpiece" in John Heilbron\'s words