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Exploring the Limits of Preclassical Mechanics - Study of Conceptual Development in Early Modern Science: Free Fall and Compounded Motion in the Work of Descartes, Galileo and Beeckman
Exploring the Limits of Preclassical Mechanics Study of Conceptual Development in Early Modern Science Free Fall and Compounded Motion in the Work of Descartes Galileo and Beeckman
Author: Peter Damerow, G. Freudenthal, J. Renn, P. McLaughlin
The question of when and how the point of view that characterizes modern science arose in Western Europe is one that has long intrigued people interested in the history of ideas. This book examines the transition from the Renaissance to the modern point of view for one particular, but important subject: mechanics, that is, the history of motion....  more »
ISBN-13: 9783540976028
ISBN-10: 3540976027
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Book Type: Hardcover
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