Experiment and Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany
Subtitle: The History of the Accademia del Cimento (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer; Springer Verlag
Published: September 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781402062452
Subjects: History of mathematics; History of science; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; History & Philosophy; History & Surveys - General; Galilean studies; Mathematics : History & Philosophy; Philosophy : History & Surveys - General; Science / History; Scientific Revolution; experiment; natural philosophy; science history; Reference
Table of contents: title: Introduction.
pagenum: 1; label: I.
title: GALILEO AND BEYOND
pagenum: 11; label: 1.
title: 350 years of coming to grips with the experimental activities of Galileo and his followers.
pagenum: 13; label: 2.
title: Vincenzio Viviani (1622-1703): Galileo’s last disciple.
pagenum: 37; label: 3.
title: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679).
pagenum: 59; label: 4.
title: What it meant to be a Cimento academician.
pagenum: 93; label: II.
title: THE ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO
pagenum: 111; label: 5.
title: Experiments concerning air pressure and the void and a look at the Accademia’s internal workings.
pagenum: 115; label: 6.
title: The artificial freezing process of liquids, and the properties and effects of heat and cold.
pagenum: 141; label: III.
title: THE ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO: 1662-1667.
pagenum: 179; label: 7.
title: The Cimento’s publication process and presentational techniques: formulating a policy of self-censorship.
pagenum: 181; label: 8.
title: The Saturn problem and the path of comets: an analysis of the academicians’ theoretical and observational astronomy.
pagenum: 195; title: Conclusion.
pagenum: 233; title: Bibliography.
pagenum: 241; title: Index.
pagenum: 247