From Galileo to NewtonCourier Corporation, 6 jul 2012 - 416 pagina's The near century (1630-1720) that separates the important astronomical findings of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the vastly influential mathematical work of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) represents a pivotal stage of transition in the history of science. As a result of the raging intellectual battle between tradition and innovation that began in the fifteenth century, science was penetrated by a new outlook that placed emphasis on experiment and observation. Galileo showed the promise of its new methods of discovery; Newton brought out their full force and effect. Galileo suffered from an attempt to censure scientific inquiry; Newton showed how science could discover the universal laws of nature. The triumph of this new outlook marked the birth of modern science. From Galileo to Newton describes those new patterns of thought that emerged during this time of great excitement and widespread controversy. It discusses the discoveries revealed by telescope and microscope in the work of Huygens and Leeuwenhoek, and the new speculations to which these gave rise; Boyle's attempts to include chemical experiments within a rational theory of matter, and those begun by Descartes to explain the workings of the body on the basis of chemical and physical principles; and the revolutionary ideas in astronomy that generated the transition from the Ptolemaic concept of the universe to the Copernican and the subsequent acceptance of the heliostatic system. Since the dawn of civilization man has tried to find logic in the mysterious and order in the chaotic. From Galileo to Newton will appeal to anyone who wants to know what modern science is all about and how it came into being. One of the foremost authorities on the history of science, Professor Hall is not only a scholar of great learning and originality, he also writes with clarity, liveliness, and a keen biographical sense. |
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... supposed whims and fancies of the Imperial Astronomer . The Pythagorean mysticism , the far- fetched ratios and musical harmonies of Kepler's books repelled many who sought , rather , one single solid reason for supposing the Earth to ...
... supposed whims and fancies of the Imperial Astronomer . The Pythagorean mysticism , the far- fetched ratios and musical harmonies of Kepler's books repelled many who sought , rather , one single solid reason for supposing the Earth to ...
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... supposed it . That a woman in the Rhineland should give birth to a hundred rabbits or that emeralds should grow like grass in the mines of Java was hardly a stranger tale than that of the sensitive plant , a cyclopian calf , Saturn's ...
... supposed it . That a woman in the Rhineland should give birth to a hundred rabbits or that emeralds should grow like grass in the mines of Java was hardly a stranger tale than that of the sensitive plant , a cyclopian calf , Saturn's ...
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... supposed to test by experiment whether there is any difference to be discovered among these events of local motion in their different states of motion and of rest , if the Earth remains forever in one or the other of these two states ...
... supposed to test by experiment whether there is any difference to be discovered among these events of local motion in their different states of motion and of rest , if the Earth remains forever in one or the other of these two states ...
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... supposed the world to be constructed . When negotiating for a post at the court of Tuscany in May 1610 Galileo had desired that he be known as Ducal Philosopher as well as Mathematician , remarking that he had studied as many years in ...
... supposed the world to be constructed . When negotiating for a post at the court of Tuscany in May 1610 Galileo had desired that he be known as Ducal Philosopher as well as Mathematician , remarking that he had studied as many years in ...
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... supposed that the whirling of the Earth would no more suffice to throw off stones than would any other wheel , as small as you please , which rotates so slowly as to make but one revolution every twenty - four hours.14 Another mistake ...
... supposed that the whirling of the Earth would no more suffice to throw off stones than would any other wheel , as small as you please , which rotates so slowly as to make but one revolution every twenty - four hours.14 Another mistake ...
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