Exploring the Limits of Preclassical Mechanics: A Study of Conceptual Development in Early Modern Science
Subtitle: Free Fall and Compounded Motion in the Work ... of Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780387205731
First sentence: In this book we undertake to explain the 17th century transition from early modern conceptualizations of motion to the theory of motion of classical mechanics.