The motion paradox : the 2,500-year-old puzzle behind all the mysteries of time and space / Joseph M...
The motion paradox : the 2,500-year-old puzzle behind all the mysteries of time and space / Joseph M...
The motion paradox : the 2,500-year-old puzzle behind all the mysteries of time and space / Joseph Mazur.
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New York : Dutton, c2007.
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N530.11/128
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English
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viii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. A commotion or absurdities -- 1. Preamble to the paradoxes of motion -- 2. Zeno's visit to Athens -- 3. The world through Aristotle's eyes -- Pt. 2. Zeno survives the Renaissance -- 4. Speed becomes a quantity -- 5. Galileo Galilei, the father of modern science -- 6. Dance of the planets -- P...
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New York : Dutton, c2007.
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New York (State)
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c2007.
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"Acclaimed writer and mathematician Joseph Mazur begins at the dawn of science when the Greek philosopher Zeno formulated his paradoxes of motion, and notes, amazingly, that they are still on the cutting edge of all investigations into the fabric of the universe in front of our noses and on the surface of the farthest star." "Joseph Mazur, author o...
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The motion paradox : the 2,500-year-old puzzle behind all the mysteries of time and space / Joseph Mazur.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.
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N530.11/128
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74VK74BQArkA
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0525949925 (hardcover)
9780525949923 (hardcover)
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530.11
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991022944369702626
