The reception of the Galilean science of motion in seventeenth century Europe
By: edited by Carla Rita Palmerino and J.M.M.H. Thijssen.
Contributors: Palmerino, Carla Rita.; Thijssen, J. M. M. H.
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;; v. 239
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Motion; Science -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Description: "This book collects contributions by some of the leading scholars working on seventeenth-century mechanics and the mechanical philosophy. Together, the articles provide a broad and accurate picture of the fortune of Galileo's theory of motion in Europe and of the various physical, mathematical, and ontological arguments that were used in favour and against it."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.