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The Unfinished Mechanics of Giuseppe Moletti
An Edition and English Translation of His Dialogue on Mechanics, 1576
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Walter Laird
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English
Published/Copyright:
2000
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Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue.
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Laird Walter :
W.R. Laird is Associate Professor of History at Carleton University.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Plates
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List of Figures
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Preface
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Introduction
1 - The Dialogue on Mechanics
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Sigla
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The First Day: The Subject and Principles of Mechanics
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The Second Day: The Principles of Motion
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Notes to The Edition
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Appendix: The Holograph Fragment on the Subject of Mathematics
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Notes to The Appendix
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
December 15, 2000
eBook ISBN:
9781442620940
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Main content:
234
eBook ISBN:
9781442620940
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
