Is any book written by Galileo available?

Question

Galileo the 1500s mathematitian

Answer 1

The Catholic Church burned them all :-). Just kidding. I think a few were hidden away.

Answer 2

I am not certain - but I believe that there is such a book on display in the library at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. I am sure that I saw a manuscript there by Copernicus, and I believe Galileo was represented as well. Certainly it is worth the trip for the Book of Kells, which is also on display, from the 5th Century or so..

Fascinating.

Answer 3

Do you read Latin, (probably not) since that was the language he used?

I am sorry you probably can't find any books written by him that are still in print, you will have to settle for books about him that quote him like this list from Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1/104-9591804-3120740?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=Galileo&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AGalileo&page=1

Or you could search to find some translations (like I did).

You could search for the following:
According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assayer
"The Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences (Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze, 1638) was Galileo's final book and a sort of scientific testament covering much of his work in physics over the preceding thirty years."
http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/GMR/hmp/texts/modern/galileo/assayer.html
http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=1&exbid=15

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius
Sidereus Nuncius (usually translated into English as Sidereal Messenger, although Starry Messenger and Sidereal Message are also seen) is a short treatise published in Latin by Galileo Galilei in March 1610.
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/galsidnun.html
http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/lhl/GalileoSkel1610/page.0.a.php
http://www.amazon.com/Sidereus-Nuncius-Sidereal-Messenger-Galileo/dp/0226279030

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Chief_World_Systems
"The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo) was a 1632 book by Galileo, comparing the Copernican system, and the traditional Ptolemaic system."
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/tns.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Dialogues-Concerning-Two-New-Sciences/dp/0486600998
http://www.amazon.com/Dialogue-Concerning-Systems-Ptolemaic-Copernican/dp/0520004507
http://books.google.com/books?id=qxlSbMKFlsgC&dq=%22the+dialogue+concerning+the+two+chief+world+systems%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Xa4Q2jCFVu&sig=xTwM6ZNmnAsglAZIUHU8eojzlZk
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/galileo/section7.rhtml

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assayer
"The Assayer was a book published in Rome by Galileo Galilei in October 1623."
http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=1&exbid=15
http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/GMR/hmp/texts/modern/galileo/assayer.html
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/EarlyModern/Galileo_1623.html

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_Grand_Duchess_Christina
"The Letter to The Grand Duchess Christina, written in 1615 by Galileo Galilei was an essay on the relation between the revelations of the Bible and the new discoveries then being made in science."
http://astore.amazon.com/science-books-20/detail/0385092393
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:GAuQK7NE_MEJ:www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~joseph/Galileo.pdf+%22The+Letter+to+The+Grand+Duchess+Christina%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&lr=lang_en
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.html