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The Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion in Seventeenth-Century Europe
. Ed(S): Palmerino, Carla Rita; Thijssen, Professor Johannes M. M. H.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Palmerino, Carla Rita; Thijssen, Professor Johannes M. M. H. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
This book has evolved out of a colloquium entitled "The Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion;' held at Amsterdam on 5-7 July 2000. It was our intention as the organizers to bring together historians of science interested in Galileo's science of motion, its ramifications in seventeenth-century Europe, and its impact on what Anneliese Maier and E. J. Dijksterhuis have labeled the "mechanization of the world picture. " Funding for the conference was provided by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honored our proposal for an Academy Colloquium. We should also like to thank Ap de Wit, ... Read more
This book has evolved out of a colloquium entitled "The Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion;' held at Amsterdam on 5-7 July 2000. It was our intention as the organizers to bring together historians of science interested in Galileo's science of motion, its ramifications in seventeenth-century Europe, and its impact on what Anneliese Maier and E. J. Dijksterhuis have labeled the "mechanization of the world picture. " Funding for the conference was provided by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honored our proposal for an Academy Colloquium. We should also like to thank Ap de Wit, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048166589
SKU
V9789048166589
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