Exploring the limits of preclassical mechanics: a study of conceptual development in early modern science: free fall and compounded motion in the work of Descartes, Galileo and Beeckman
The question of when and how the basic concepts that characterize modern science arose in Western Europe has long been central to the history of science. This book examines the transition from Renaissance engineering and philosophy of nature to classical mechanics oriented on the central concept of...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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New York Berlin Heidelberg [u.a.]
Springer
2004
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| Edition: | 2. ed. |
| Series: | Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences
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| Online Access: | Einführung/Vorwort: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz11143808xvor.htm Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz11143808xinh.htm Kapitel 1: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz11143808xkap.htm Verlag, Zentralblatt MATH, Inhaltstext: https://zbmath.org/?q=an:1092.01003 Verlag, Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0818/2003063817-d.html 
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| Author Notes: | Peter Damerow ... |
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