| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 320 pages) : illustrations |
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Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; 269 |
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Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; 269.
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| Contents |
The historical epistemology of mechanics / a foreword by Jürgen Renn -- Introduction -- War and practice: Artist-engineers' apprenticeship and Galileo ; Instruments and machines ; Galileo's private course on fortification -- Practice and science: The knowledge of the Venetian arsenal ; Pneumatics, the thermoscope and the new atomistic conception of heat -- The engineer and the scientist: Was Galileo an engineer? ; Sources: Galileo's correspondence |
| Summary |
This work systematically investigates and reconstructs the practical knowledge Galileo shared during his lifetime. Galileo shared many aspects of practical knowledge. These included the methods and experience of foremen and engineers active withinvariousframeworks. Galileodid not always react to such scientific impulses in the same way. On the one hand, he not only shared practical knowledge, but also acted as an engineer, especially within the framework of the art of war at the end of the sixteenth century, and more so during the time he spent in Padua. On the other hand, his scientific achievements were largely based on and influenced by aspects of practical knowledge coming from particular disciplines and activities, without him ever becoming an expert in these disciplines. Two case studies, the first concerned with Galileo's theory of the strength of materials and the second with his achievement of an atomistic heat doctrine, enable a focus on the early modern model of generation of new scientific knowledge based on the conflicting interaction between aspects of practical knowledge and Aristotelian theoretical assumptions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Knowledge -- Engineering
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| SUBJECT |
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 fast |
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Engineering -- Philosophy
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Science -- History -- 17th century
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Communication in science -- History -- 17th century
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
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Communication in science
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Engineering
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Engineering -- Philosophy
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Science
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048186457 |
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9048186455 |
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