The reception of the Galilean science of motion in seventeenth-century Europe / edited by Carla Rita Palmerino and J.M.M.H. Thijssen.
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| Published: |
Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
c2004.
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| Series: | Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;
v. 239 |
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| Format: | Book |
| Summary: | "This book collects contributions by some of the leading scholars working on seventeenth-century mechanics and the mechanical philosophy. Together, the articles provide a broad and accurate picture of the fortune of Galileo's theory of motion in Europe and of the various physical, mathematical, and ontological arguments that were used in favour and against it."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Notes: | Bib#: 895272 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270) and index. |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 1402024541 (alk. paper) |
| Bib#: | 895272 |
