Galileo engineer / by Matteo Valleriani.
| Author/creator | Valleriani, Matteo |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; London ; New York : Springer, ©2010. |
| Description | xxii, 320 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Boston 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-313) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010922899 |
| ISBN | 9789048186440 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9048186447 (acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | TA140.G32 V35 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |