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The Cambridge companion to Galileo / edited by Peter Machamer. [electronic resource]

The Cambridge companion to Galileo / edited by Peter Ma...

The Cambridge companion to Galileo / edited by Peter Machamer. [electronic resource]

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The Cambridge companion to Galileo / edited by Peter Machamer. [electronic resource]

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to Galileo / edited by Peter Machamer. [electronic resource]

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Alternative title

BOOK

Record Identifier

74VKVw63EPed

MMS ID

991023962505702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (xii, 462 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Galileo's Pisan studies in science and philosophy / William A. Wallace -- Galileo's machines, his mathematics, and his experiments / Peter Machamer -- Use and abuse of mathematical entities / Rivka Feldhay -- Inertial problems in Galileo's preinertial framework / Wallace Hooper -- From Galileo to Au...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1998.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Not only a hero of the scientific revolution, but after his conflict with the church, a hero of science, Galileo is today rivalled in the popular imagination only by Newton and Einstein. But what did Galileo actually do, and what are the sources of the popular image we have of him? This 1998 collection of specially-commissioned essays is unparallel...

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to Galileo / edited by Peter Machamer. [electronic resource]

Variant title

BOOK

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Notes

General note

Cambridge companions to philosophy

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Language note

English

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Record Identifier

74VKVw63EPed

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw63EPed

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ISBN

1-139-00059-4

1-139-81570-9

DDC

520/.92

MMS ID

991023962505702626

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