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Exploring the Limits of Preclassical Mechanics A Study of Conceptual Development in Early Modern Science Free Fall and Compounded Motion in the Work of Descartes, Galileo, and Beeckman

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  • ISBN-13: 9780387205731
  • ISBN: 038720573X
  • Edition: 2
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Publisher: Springer

AUTHOR

Damerow, Peter, Freudenthal, Gideon, McLaughlin, Peter

SUMMARY

The question of when & how the basic concepts that characterise modern science arose in Western Europe has long been central to the history of science. This book examines the transition from Renaissance engineering & philosophy of nature to classical mechanics oriented on the central concept of velocity.Damerow, Peter is the author of 'Exploring the Limits of Preclassical Mechanics A Study of Conceptual Development in Early Modern Science Free Fall and Compounded Motion in the Work of Descartes, Galileo, and Beeckman', published 2004 under ISBN 9780387205731 and ISBN 038720573X.

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