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

by Gideon Freudenthal, Peter Damerow, Peter McLaughlin, et al.

Book Overview

The question of when and how the basic concepts that characterize modern science arose in Western Europe has long been central to the history of science. This book examines the transition from Renaissance engineering and philosophy of nature to classical mechanics oriented on the central concept of velocity. For this new edition, the authors include a new discussion of the doctrine of proportions, an analysis of the role of traditional statics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441919171
• ISBN13: 9781441919175
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"