| Description |
1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; volume15 |
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Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 15.
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| Contents |
Part I. Setting the stage. 1. Reinterpreting Galileo on the basis of his Latin manuscripts / William A. Wallace ; 2. Aristode, Galileo, and "mixed sciences" / James G. Lennox ; 3. Galileo and the Oxford Calculatores : analytical languages and the mean speed theorem for accelerated motion / Edith Dudley Sylla -- Part II. Contributions to science. 4. Galileo's astronomy / Owen Gingerich ; 5. Galileo and scientific instrumentation / Silvio A. Bedini ; 6. Reexamining Galileo's dialogue / Stillman Drake -- Part III. Faith and reason. 7. The rhetoric of proof in Galileo's writings on the Copernican system / Jean Dietz Moss ; 8. Campanella's defense of Galileo / Bernardino M. Bonansea ; 9. The methodological background to Galileo's trial / Maurice A. Finocchiaro |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
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| SUBJECT |
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 fast |
| Subject |
Science, Renaissance.
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Science -- Philosophy -- History
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Science -- Philosophy
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Science, Renaissance
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813230894 |
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0813230896 |
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