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1 online resource (viii, 306 pages : illustrations |
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Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 254 |
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Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 254.
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| Contents |
1. Ancient and medieval mechanics. Theory and practice in Heron's Mechanics / Mark J. Schiefsky -- Bradwardine's rule : a mathematical law? / Jean Celeyrette -- The origin and fate of Thomas Bradwardine's De proportionibus velocitatum in motibus in relation to the history of mathematics / Edith Dudley Sylla -- Concepts of impetus and the history of mechanics / Jürgen Sarnowsky -- 2. The reappropriation and transformation of ancient mechanics. Circular and rectilinear motion in the Mechanica and in the 16th century / Christiane Vilain -- Nature, mechanics, and voluntary movement in Giuseppe Moletti's Lectures on the pseudo-Aristotelian Mechanica / Walter Roy Laird -- Mechanics and natural philosophy in late 16th century Pisa : Cesalpino and Buonamici, humanist masters of the faculty of arts / Mario Otto Helbing -- The enigma of the inclined plane from Heron to Galileo / Egidio Festa and Sophie Roux -- 3. Mechanics in new contexts. The pendulum as a challenging object in early-Modern mechanics / Jochen Büttner -- Mechanics in Spain at the end of the 16th century and the Madrid Academy of Mathematics / Victor Navarro Brotons -- Mechanics and mechanical philosophy in some Jesuit mathematical textbooks of the early 17th century / Geert Vanpaemel |
| Summary |
Modern mechanics was forged in the seventeenth century from materials inherited from Antiquity and transformed in the period from the Middle Ages through to the sixteenth century. These materials were transmitted through a number of textual traditions and within several disciplines and practices, including ancient and medieval natural philosophy, statics, the theory and design of machines, and mathematics. This volume deals with a variety of moments in the history of mechanics when conflicts arose within one textual tradition, between different traditions, or between textual traditions and the |
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filosofie |
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philosophy |
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geschiedenis |
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history |
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wiskunde |
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mathematics |
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fysica |
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physics |
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middeleeuwen |
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Middle Ages |
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wetenschapsfilosofie |
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philosophy of science |
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Philosophy (General) |
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Filosofie (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Title from e-book title screen (viewed Mar. 24, 2008) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Mechanics -- History
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Science, Ancient.
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Science, Medieval.
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Science, Renaissance.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Solids.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Mechanics
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Science, Ancient
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Science, Medieval
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Science, Renaissance
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Mechanica.
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Paradigma's.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Laird, Walter Roy, 1950-
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Roux, Sophie.
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| LC no. |
2009659342 |
| ISBN |
1402059671 |
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9781402059674 |
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1402059671 |
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9781402059667 |
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1402059663 |
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1281180076 |
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9781281180070 |
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9786611180072 |
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6611180079 |
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