Thus spoke Galileo: the great scientist's ideas and their relevance to the present day
1st ed.. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023
Online
Bibliografie, Monographie, Elektronische Ressource
- 1 online resource (xx, 493 p. ) : ill.
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Preface; Persisting misconceptions - A test; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Posthumous self-portrait of Galileo Galilei, philosopher; 2. The origin of nerves; PART II: REVOLUTIONARY MOTIONS; 3. Almost free fall; 4. Life aboard ship; 5. Towers arrows cannons and birds; PART III: THE PENDULUM AND MUSIC; 6. The divine harmonies; PART IV: THE STARRY SKY ABOVE US; 7. The crystal moon; 8. In the moonlight; PART V: THE SPINNING EARTH; 9. An ingenious wrong theory; 10. The seized atmosphere; 11. Stand still, ever moving sun; PART VI; 12. Infinite finite infinitesimal; 13. Down the slope; PART VII; 14. Archimedes and the weight of air; 15. Wax balls and dew drops; 16. Machines large and small; PART VIII; 17. In horror at a vacuum; 18. The obscure labyrinth of the senses; 19. As fast as light; PART IX: ALL THAT GLITTERS ..; 20. Quarrels among scientists; 21. The scientist and the cicada; EPILOGUE; 22. Conviction and abjuration
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Thus spoke Galileo: the great scientist's ideas and their relevance to the present day
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Werktitel: | Works |
Verantwortlichkeitsangabe: | [edited by] Andrea Frova and Mariapiera Marenzana ; translated by Jim McManus in collaboration with the authors |
Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642,) [author.] ; Frova, Andrea (1936-,) [editor.] ; Marenzana, Mariapiera [editor.] |
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Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
Veröffentlichung: | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023 |
Medientyp: | Bibliografie, Monographie |
Datenträgertyp: | Elektronische Ressource |
Umfang: | 1 online resource (xx, 493 p. ) : ill. |
ISBN: | 1-383-02952-0; 1-280-90396-1; 9786610903962; 0-19-152418-2; 1-4294-9248-1 |
DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780198566250.001.0001 |
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