Cause, experiment, and science : a Galilean dialogue, incorporating a new English translation of Galileo's "Bodies that stay atop water, or move in it"
Stillman Drake / Galileo Galilei
ISBN:
9780226162287
Jaar:
1981
Kwaliteit:
Goed
Uitgever:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Beschrijving:
xxix, 237 pages : illustrations ; Includes index.
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Full title reads: "Cause, Experiment, and Science : A Galilean Dialogue, Incorporating a New English Translation of Galileo's 'Bodies that Stay Atop Water, or Move in it' ".
This book presents Galileo Galilei's work, "Discorso... intorno alle Cose, che Stanno in l'acqua, o che in Quella si Muovono" (1612), in a dialogue format, alongside a new English translation. The book explores Galileo's ideas on buoyancy and the behavior of objects in water, placing them within the context of his broader scientific methodology, which emphasizes both cause and experimen
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