Title: The reception of the Galilean science of motion in seventeenth century Europe
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.
Subjects: Motion, Science, History, História da ciência, Histoire des sciences, Klassieke mechanica, Kinematik, 17e siècle, Receptie, Mouvement, Galilei, galileo, 1564-1642, Science, europe
Places: Europe
People: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Time periods: 17th century