Galileo Galilei's "Two new sciences" for modern readers / Alessandro De Angelis.
2021
QC123 .D413 2021
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Title
Galileo Galilei's "Two new sciences" for modern readers / Alessandro De Angelis.
Uniform Title
Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a Due nuove scienze di Galileo Galilei per il lettore moderno. English
ISBN
9783030719524 (electronic bk.)
3030719529 (electronic bk.)
9783030719517
3030719510
3030719529 (electronic bk.)
9783030719517
3030719510
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from Italian.
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-71952-4 doi
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QC123 .D413 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
531
Summary
This book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's masterpiece "Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences" in today's language. Galileo Galilei stands as one of the most important figures in history, not simply for his achievements in astronomy, physics, and engineering and for revolutionizing science and the scientific method in general, but also for the role that he played in the (still ongoing) drama concerning entrenched power and its desire to stifle any knowledge that may threaten it. Therefore, it is important that today's readers come to understand and appreciate what Galilei accomplished and wrote. But the mindset that shapes how we see the world today is quite different from the mindset -- and language -- of Galilei and his contemporaries. Another obstacle to a full understanding of Galilei's writings is posed by the countless historical, philosophical, geometrical, and linguistic references he made, along with his often florid prose, with its blend of Italian and Latin. De Angelis' new rendition of the work includes translations of the original geometrical figures into algebraic formulae in modern notation and allows the non-specialist reader to follow the thread of Galileo's thought and in a way that was barely possible until now.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 12, 2022).
Series
History of physics (Springer). 2730-7557
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Print version: 9783030719517
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Galileo's units
Chapter 3 - Day One: First new science, which concerns the resistance of solids to fracture
Chapter 4 - Day Two: What could be the cause of cohesion
Chapter 5 - Day Three: Other new science, on local motion
Chapter 6 - Day Four: The motion of projectiles
Chapter 7 - Additional Day: The force of percussion.
Chapter 2 - Galileo's units
Chapter 3 - Day One: First new science, which concerns the resistance of solids to fracture
Chapter 4 - Day Two: What could be the cause of cohesion
Chapter 5 - Day Three: Other new science, on local motion
Chapter 6 - Day Four: The motion of projectiles
Chapter 7 - Additional Day: The force of percussion.