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Author Schemmel, Matthias.

Title The English Galileo : Thomas Harriot's work on motion as an example of preclassical mechanics / by Matthias Schemmel
Published [London] : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations
Series Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 268
Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 268.
Contents v. 1. Interpretation -- v. 2. Sources
Summary The short series The Historical Epistemology of Mechanics presents the long-term development of mechanical knowledge. The books in this series combine the presentation of a broad selection of relevant sources with in-depth analyses of the long-term development of mechanical knowledge focusing on the early modern period. This series is conceived in analogy to the four-volume series on The Genesis of General Relativity (BSPS 250). The English Galileo, the first book in this series, investigates the shared knowledge of preclassical mechanics by relating the work of Thomas Harriot on motion, documented by a wealth of manuscripts, to that of Galileo and other contemporaries. Harriot and Galileo indeed exploited the same shared knowledge resources in order to approach the same challenging objects. While the paths Harriot traces through the shared knowledge are different from Galileo's, the work of the two scientists displays striking similarities as regards their achievements as well as the problems they were unable to solve. The study of Harriot's parallel work thus allows the exploration of the structure of the shared knowledge of early modern mechanics, to perceive possible alternative histories, and to distinguish between individual peculiarities and shared structures of early modern mechanical reasoning. This study has received two distinguished awards, the Junior Scholar Award of the Georg Agricola Society and the Georg Uschmann Award of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
Analysis filosofie
philosophy
geschiedenis
history
wetenschap
science
wetenschapsfilosofie
philosophy of science
Philosophy (General)
Filosofie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621.
SUBJECT Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621 fast (OCoLC)fst01729759
Subject Motion -- History
Mechanics -- History
Sciences humaines.
Sciences sociales.
Mechanics.
Motion.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781402054990
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9781402054983
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