Galileo engineer / by Matteo Valleriani.

SeriesBoston studies in the philosophy of science ; 269
Boston studies in the philosophy of science v. 269. ^A4758
Historical epistemology of mechanics ; 2. ^A1041317
Contents The historical epistemology of mechanics / a foreword by Jürgen Renn -- Introduction -- War and practice: Artist-engineers' apprenticeship and Galileo ; Instruments and machines ; Galileo's private course on fortification -- Practice and science: The knowledge of the Venetian arsenal ; Pneumatics, the thermoscope and the new atomistic conception of heat -- The engineer and the scientist: Was Galileo an engineer? ; Sources: Galileo's correspondence.
General note"The Historical epistemology of mechanics ... the second study of the series"--P. xiii.
General note"Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades an der Philosophischen Fakultät I der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin"--P. [iv].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-313) and index.
LCCN 2010922899
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ISBN9048186447 (acid-free paper)

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