Record Nr.

UNINA9910784838703321

Autore

Barbour Julian B

Titolo

The discovery of dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a study from a Machian point of view of the discovery and the structure of dynamical theories / / Julian B. Barbour

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-773220-8

1-280-83331-9

9786610833313

0-19-535110-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (775 p.)

Disciplina

531/.11

Soggetti

Astronomy

Dynamics

Motion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2; 1 Preliminaries; 2 Aristotle: first airing of the absolute/relative problem; 3 Hellenistic astronomy: the foundations are laid; 4 The Middle Ages: first stirrings of the scientific revolution; 5 Copernicus: the flimsy arch; 6 Kepler: the dominion of the sun; 7 Galileo: the geometrization of motion; 8 Descartes and the new world; 9 Huygens: relativity and centrifugal force; 10 Newton I: the discovery of dynamics; 11 Newton II: absolute or relative motion?; 12 Post-Newtonian conceptual clarification of Newtonian dynamics

Abbreviations for works quoted frequently in the ReferencesReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction. 1. Preliminaries. 2. Aristotle: first airing of the absolute/relative problem. 3. Hellenistic astronomy: the foundation are laid. 4. The Middle Ages: first stirrings of the scientific revolution. 5. Copernicus: the flimsy arch. 6. Kepler: the dominion of the sun. 7. Galileo: the geometrization of motion. 8. Descartes and the new world. 9. Huygens: relativety and centrifugal force. 10. Newton I: the discovery

of dynamics. 11. Newton II: absolute or relative motion?. 12. Post-Newtonian conceptual clarification of Newtonian dynamics. Abbreviations for works quoted frequently in the