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The Unfinished Mechanics of Giuseppe Moletti : An Edition and English Translation of His Dialogue on Mechanics, 1576 /

Mechanics has long been recognized as the pivotal science in the decline of Aristotelian natural philosophy and the rise of the new, mathematical physics of the Scientific Revolution. Less well known, however, is the earlier transformation of mechanics from a practical art into a theoretical and mat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laird, Walter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Colección:Heritage
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Dialogue on Mechanics
  • Sigla
  • The First Day: The Subject and Principles of Mechanics
  • The Second Day: The Principles of Motion
  • Notes to The Edition
  • Appendix: The Holograph Fragment on the Subject of Mathematics
  • Notes to The Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index