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Galileo Galilei, his life and his works /
Galileo Galilei, His Life and His Works is a biographic of Galileo Galilei. The text accounts some of the most important moments of Galileo's life, along with his contribution in physics. The first part of the text covers the major aspects of Galileo's. Part I details Galileo's life a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
1966.
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| Colección: | Men of physics.
Commonwealth and international library. Selected readings in physics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Men of Physics Galileo Galilei, his life and his works; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; PART I: HIS LIFE; Chapter 1. Curious Student; Chapter 2. Research Professor; Chapter 3. Clever Courtier; Chapter 4. Popular Author; Bibliography; PART II: HIS WORKS; Chapter 5. Interpreting Sense Impressions; (a) Primary Qualities; (b) Mathematical Language; Chapter 6. Continua
- Mathematical and Physical; Chapter 7. Magnetism; Chapter 8. The Pump that Failed; Chapter 9. Apparent Lightness; Chapter 10. Weighing Air; Chapter 11. Floating Ebony
- Chapter 12. Analyzing an AlloyChapter 13. The Screw as a Machine; Chapter 14. Strength of Materials; (a) Scaling; (b) Galileo's Problem; (c) Similar Beams; (d) A Cracked Column; (e) Tubes; Chapter 15. Natural Oscillations; (a) Simple Pendulum; (b) Vibrating Freely; (c) Resonance; (d) Musical Intervals; Chapter 16. Falling Bodies; (a) How Fast?; (b) Inertia; (c) A Thought Experiment; (d) The Medium's Role; (e) Changing Speed; (f) Projectiles; (g) Galileian Relativity; Chapter 17. Spots on the Sun; Chapter 18. New Moons; Chapter 19. Parallax of a Star; Chapter 20. Nature
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