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Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science
Volume 2
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Stillman Drake
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Edited by:
Trevor H. Levere
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English
Published/Copyright:
1999
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.
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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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Frontmatter
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Contents
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
vii - Part V. Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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Introduction
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1. The Title Page and Preface of Galileo's Dialogue
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2. The Organizing Theme of the Dialogue
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3. Reexamining Galileo's Dialogue
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4. Galileo Gleanings - XVI Semicircular Fall in the Dialogue
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5. Galileo Gleanings - XVII The Question of Circular Inertia
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6. The Tower Argument in the Dialogue
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7. Galileo Gleanings - X Origin and Fate of Galileo's Theory of the Tides
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8. History of Science and Tide Theories
107 - Part VI. Galileo: Motion and Mechanics, including the Discourses on Two New Sciences
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Introduction
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1. Galileo and the Law of Inertia
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2. The Concept of Inertia
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3. Galileo's Experimental Confirmation of Horizontal Inertia: Unpublished Manuscripts (Galileo Gleanings XX.II)
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4. Galileo's Discovery of the Parabolic Trajectory
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5. Galileo's New Science of Motion
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6. Galileo's 1604 Fragment on Falling Bodies (Galileo Gleanings XVIII)
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7. Uniform Acceleration, Space, and Time (Galileo Gleanings XIX)
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8. The Uniform Motion Equivalent to a Uniformly Accelerated Motion from Rest (Galileo Gleanings XX)
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9. Galileo's Discovery of the Law of Free Fall
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10. Galileo Gleanings - XXIII Velocity and Eudoxian Proportion Theory
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11. Galileo's Work on Free Fall in 1604
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12. Mathematics and Discovery in Galileo's Physics
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13. The Role of Music in Galileo's Experiments
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14. New Light on a Galilean Claim about Pendulums
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15. Galileo's Accuracy in Measuring Horizontal Projections
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16. Galileo and Mathematical Physics
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17. Galileo's Physical Measurements
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18. Galileo's Constant
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19. Galileo's Gravitational Units
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Index
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December 15, 1999
eBook ISBN:
9781487572037
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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412
eBook ISBN:
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
