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Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science
Volume 3
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Stillman Drake
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Edited by:
Trevor H. Levere
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English
Published/Copyright:
2000
About this book
This 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers published by Drake, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). An essential supplement to Drake's translations and other books.
Author / Editor information
Drake Stillman :
Stillman Drake was Professor Emeritus at University of Toronto and his illustrious academic career spans over four decades.
Levere Trevor H. :T.H. Levere is Professor and Director, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto.Swerdlow Noel M. :
N.M. Swerdlow is Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago.
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Contents
v - Part VII. Galileo: Instruments
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Introduction
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1. Galileo and the First Mechanical Computing Device
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2. Tartaglia's Squadra and Galileo's Compasso
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3. Galileo Gleanings VI : Galileo's First Telescopes at Padua and Venice
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4. Galileo Gleanings XII: An Unpublished Letter of Galileo to Peiresc
45 - Part VIII. History of Science: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Seventeenth Century
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Introduction
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1. Euclid Book V from Eudoxus to Dedekind
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2. Hipparchus - Geminus - Galileo
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3. Bradwardine's Function, Mediate Denomination, and Multiple Continua
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4. Medieval Ratio Theory vs Compound Medicines in the Origins of Bradwardine's Rule
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5. Early Science and the Printed Book: The Spread of Science beyond the Universities
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6. The Pseudo-Aristotelian Questions of Mechanics in Renaissance Culture
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7. An Agricultural Economist of the Late Renaissance
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8. Renaissance Music and Experimental Science
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9. Music and Philosophy in Early Modem Science
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10. Impetus Theory and Quanta of Speed before and after Galileo
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11. Free Fall from Albert of Saxony to Honoré Fabri
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12. Impetus Theory Reappraised
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13. A Further Reappraisal of Impetus Theory: Buridan, Benedetti, and Galileo
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14. The Rule behind "Mersenne's Numbers"
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15. Newton's Apple and Galileo's Dialogue
302 - Part IX. Philosophy of Science and Language
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Introduction
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1. Back from Limbo: The Rediscovery of Alexander Bryan Johnson
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2. A.B. Johnson and His Works on Language
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3. Literacy and Scientific Notations
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4. J.B. Stallo and the Critique of Classical Physics
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A Bibliography of the Writings of Stillman Drake
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Index
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December 15, 2000
eBook ISBN:
9781487572020
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420
eBook ISBN:
9781487572020
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
