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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Drake, Stillman (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, [1990]
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642
Astronomy, Renaissance.
Physics > History.
Physicists > Italy > Biography.
Astronomers > Italy > Biography.
Astronomie de la Renaissance.
Physique > Histoire.
Astronomes > Italie > Biographies.
SCIENCE > Experiments & Projects.
Astronomers
Astronomy, Renaissance
Physicists
Physics
Italy
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The laws of pendulum and fall
  • The medieval context
  • Galileo's pre-Paduan doctrine of motion
  • The ancient Greek background
  • Mechanics, tides, and Copernicanism
  • Cosmology, mechanics, and motion
  • Natural motion and horizontal projection
  • Oblique projection; other physics
  • Astronomy and the telescope
  • The telescope and Copernicanism
  • Hydrostatics, philosophers, and religion
  • Comets, the church, and tides
  • Concerning Galileo's dialogue
  • Two new sciences
  • From Galileo to newton
  • Galilean units today.

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