Galileo and the Equations of Motion

This book is intended as a historical and critical study on the origin of the equations of motion as established in Newton's Principia. The central question that it aims to answer is whether it is indeed correct to ascribe to Galileo the inertia principle and the law of falling bodies. In order...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boccaletti, Dino (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Mechanics.
Physics-Philosophy.
Astronomy-Observations.
Science-History.
Mathematical physics.
Classical Mechanics.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
History of Science.
Mathematical Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I The Theories on the Motion of Bodies in the Classical Antiquity
  • Kinematics among the Greeks
  • Dynamics in the Opinion of Aristotle and his Continuators
  • The Theories of Motion in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance
  • The first substantial Criticisms to Aristotelian Mechanics - Philoponus and Avempace
  • The medieval Kinematics
  • Part II A brief Chronology of Galileo's Life
  • The young Galileo and the De Motu
  • The Inertia Principle.-The Law of Fall and the Motion of Projectiles
  • The Principle of Relativity.

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