Bronowski in this weeks episode ofTheAscent of Man describes the two great books thatGalileo wrote late in his life:The Dialogue on theTwo Great World Systems(1632)andThe Dialogue on the Two NewSciences(1638). Describe briefly the contents andbasic innovations of each of these works (in a paragraph for each).Why do you think they were written as dialogues? Which do youbelieve was the more important of the two works for the futurehistory of science and why? Had it not been for the Inquisitionagainst Galileo do you think Galileo would ever havewrittenThe Dialogue on the Two NewSciences? How was the view of motion Galileo adopted inthis work to prove essential for the success of the ScientificRevolution?