Galileo and His Sources : : Heritage of the Collegio Romano in Galileo's Science / / William A. Wallace.
William A. Wallace demonstrates the importance of two early manuscripts of Galileo dismissed by earlier researchers as juvenile exercises. Analyzing all his scientific writings from the late 1580s to 1610 and from 1610 to 1640, this book illuminates both the sources and the evolution of Galileo'...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1984 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Part One. Textual Analysis
- Chapter 1. Sources Of Galileo's Logical Questions
- Chapter 2. Sources of Galileo's Physical Questions
- Part Two. Science at the Collegio Romano
- Chapter 3. Sciences and Demonstrative Methods
- Chapter 4. The Study of Local Motion
- Part Three. Galileo's Science in Transition
- Chapter 5. Galileo's Earlier Science (Before 1610)
- Chapter 6. Galileo's Later Science (After 1610)
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter