Swinging and rolling : unveiling Galileo's unorthodox path from a challenging problem to a new science / Jochen Büttner.
Pubblicazione:
Dordrecht : Springer, c2019.
Descrizione fisica:
XV, 472 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science ; 335
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Introduction. Pt. 1. Novel insights about accelerated motion: the challenge of swinging and rolling: 2. Before natural acceleration 3. A glimpse at a challenging research agenda: Galileo to Guidobaldo del Monte in 1602 4. Sparking the investigation of naturally accelerated motion: the pendulum plane experiment 5. Squaring the pendulum's arc: motion along broken chords 6. Swinging and rolling revisited: motion along broken chords and the pendulum plane experiment 7. Accumulating insights: the problem of motion along broken chords driving conceptual development 8. Toward a foundation: the ex mechanicis proof of the law of chords 9. Whatever happened to swinging and rolling: faint echoes and a late insight. Pt. 2. Novel insights and old concepts: from exploration to formalization: 10. Toward a new science: gathering results and the rise and demise of a dynamical foundation 11. Toward a new science: axiomatization and a new foundation 12. Conclusion: The emergence and early evolution of Galileo's new science of motion 13. Appendix: Folio pages 14. Appendix: Documents. Index locorum
Visionato in:
IMSS
ISBN:
9789402415926
Discipline:
Meccanica classica e Meccanica dei solidi--Persone.
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