Galileo : : Pioneer Scientist / / Stillman Drake.
Since publication of Stillman Drake’s landmark volume, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography, new and exciting information has come to light about this towering figure in the history of Western science. Drawing largely from Galileo’s manuscript working papers, Drake now adds a wealth of detail t...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package Pre-2010 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [1990] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 1990 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One. The Laws of Pendulum and Fall
- Chapter Two. The Medieval Context
- Chapter Three. Galileo’s Pre-Paduan Doctrine of Motion
- Chapter Four. The Ancient Greek Background
- Chapter Five. Mechanics, Tides, and Copernicanism
- Chapter Six. Cosmology, Mechanics, and Motion
- Chapter Seven. Natural Motion and Horizontal Projection
- Chapter Eight. Oblique Projection,- Other Physics
- Chapter Nine. Astronomy and the Telescope
- Chapter Ten. The Telescope and Copernicanism
- Chapter Eleven. Hydrostatics, Philosophers, and Religion
- Chapter Twelve. Comets, the Church, and Tides
- Chapter Thirteen. Concerning Galileo's Dialogue
- Chapter Fourteen. Two New Sciences
- Chapter Fifteen. From Galileo to Newton
- Chapter Sixteen. Galilean Units Today
- Bibliography
- Index