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The unfinished mechanics of Giuseppe Moletti : an edition and English translation of his Dialogue on Mechanics (1576) /

Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moleti, Giuseppe, 1531-1588
Otros Autores: Laird, Walter Roy, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Colección:Heritage.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Dialogue on mechanics
  • 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.