Overview
- Offers a completely novel interpretation of the evolution of Galileo’s new science of motion
- Exposes Galileo’s pivotal attempt to relate swinging and rolling motion
- Provides a rigorous reexamination of Galileos working notes
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 335)
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Table of contents(14 chapters)
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Novel Insights About Accelerated Motion: The Challenge of Swinging and Rolling
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Novel Insights and Old Concepts: From Exploration to Formalization
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany
Jochen Büttner
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Swinging and Rolling
Book Subtitle: Unveiling Galileo's unorthodox path from a challenging problem to a new science
Authors: Jochen Büttner
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1594-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1592-6Published: 21 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1594-0Published: 08 August 2019
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 472
Number of Illustrations: 195 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics