Exploring the limits of preclassical mechanics
Subtitle: a study of conceptual development in early modern science : free fall and compounded motion in the work of Descartes, Galileo, and Beeckman
By: Peter Damerow ... (et al.).
Contributors: Damerow, Peter.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Descartes, René, -- 1596-1650.; Galilei, Galileo.; Beeckman, Isaac.; Motion -- History.; Mechanics -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. (364)-380) and indexes.