The reception of the Galilean science of motion in seventeenth-century Europe / edited by Carla Rita Palmerino and J.M.M.H. Thijssen.
| Other author | Palmerino, Carla Rita. |
| Other author | Thijssen, J. M. M. H. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2004. |
| Description | 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 239 Boston studies in the philosophy of science v. 239. ^A4758 |
| Contents | What was "mechanical" about "the mechanical philosophy"? / Alan Gabbey -- Cartesian mechanics / Sophie Roux -- The "rational" Descartes and the "empirical" Galileo / William R. Shea -- A historical-analytical framework for the controversies over Galileo's conception of motion / H. Florias Cohen -- Galileo's unpublished treatises. A case study on the role of shared knowledge in the emergence and dissemination of an early modern "new science" / Jochen Bü̈̈ttner, Peter Damerow , Jü̈̈rgen Renn -- A master and his pupils: theories of motion in the Galilean School / Enroco Giusti -- Galileo's theories of free fall and projectile motion as interpreted by Pierre Gassendi / Carla Riat Palmerino -- Hobbes and the Galilean law of free fall / Cees Leijenhorst -- Christiaan Huygens' Galilean mechanics / Christiane Vilain -- Seventeenth-century theories of the tides as a gauge of scientific change / Wallace Hooper -- Mathematization of the science of motion at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries : Pierre Varignon / Michel Blay. |
| Local note | Joyner-FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER Q175 .B7312. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references 261-270) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004051520 |
| ISBN | 1402024541 (alk. paper) |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Q175 .B7312 VOL. 239 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |