Galileo Galilei’s “Two New Sciences” for Modern Readers
This book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's masterpiece "Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences" in today's language. Galileo Galilei stands as one of the most important...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021 |
| Series: | History of Physics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Galileo's units
- Chapter 3 - Day One: First new science, which concerns the resistance of solids to fracture
- Chapter 4 - Day Two: What could be the cause of cohesion
- Chapter 5 - Day Three: Other new science, on local motion
- Chapter 6 - Day Four: The motion of projectiles
- Chapter 7 - Additional Day: The force of percussion