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Galileo and the Equations of Motion
Dino Boccaletti
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Description for Galileo and the Equations of Motion
Hardback. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HPCB; PDX; PG; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
This book is intended as a historical and critical study on the origin of the equations of motion as established in Newton's Principia. The central question that it aims to answer is whether it is indeed correct to ascribe to Galileo the inertia principle and the law of falling bodies. In order to accomplish this task, the study begins by considering theories on the motion of bodies from classical antiquity, and especially those of Aristotle. The theories developed during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are then reviewed, with careful analysis of the contributions of, for example, the Merton and ... Read more
This book is intended as a historical and critical study on the origin of the equations of motion as established in Newton's Principia. The central question that it aims to answer is whether it is indeed correct to ascribe to Galileo the inertia principle and the law of falling bodies. In order to accomplish this task, the study begins by considering theories on the motion of bodies from classical antiquity, and especially those of Aristotle. The theories developed during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are then reviewed, with careful analysis of the contributions of, for example, the Merton and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
Number of Pages
175
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319201337
SKU
V9783319201337
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99-15
About Dino Boccaletti
Dino Boccaletti was Professor of Celestial Mechanics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” from 1987 until his retirement, and was previously Professor in the Institution of Mathematics at the university. In addition to his teaching and supervisory responsibilities, Prof. Boccaletti conducted research in the fields of Physics of Elementary Particles, Theoretical Astrophysics, Theory of Gravitational Waves, Stellar Dynamics, Celestial ... Read more
Reviews for Galileo and the Equations of Motion
“The purpose of this book is to explain how Galileo gradually transformed from a believer in the Archimedian approach to eventually arrive at the new insights of these laws of motion. Boccaletti carefully analyses the available texts to understand this transformation. This is a study mainly addressing the professional historian.” (Adhemar Bultheel, EMS European Mathematical Society, eruo-math-soc.eu, November, 2015)