LEADER 04459nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910451472503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-90416-3 010 $a9786611904166 010 $a1-4020-5499-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4020-5499-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000492822 035 $a(EBL)364584 035 $a(OCoLC)288440419 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295264 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11221169 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295264 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10316121 035 $a(PQKB)10368492 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4020-5499-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC364584 035 $a(PPN)129059889 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL364584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10252035 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL190416 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000492822 100 $a20090124d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe English Galileo$b[electronic resource] $eThomas Harriot's work on motion as an example of Preclassical mechanics /$fby Matthias Schemmel; edited by Robert S. Cohen, Jrgen Renn, Kostas Gavroglu 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $aDordrecht $cSpringer$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (763 p.) 225 1 $aBoston studies in the philosophy of science ;$vv. 268 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-007-8706-5 311 $a1-4020-5498-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 363-374) and indexes. 327 $aHarriot?s Work on Motion in Context -- Thomas Harriot: Practical Mathematician and Pioneer of Modern Science -- Harriot and the Challenge of Projectile Motion -- An Introduction to Harriot?s Manuscripts on Motion -- Major Strands of Harriot?s Work on Motion -- Mathematical Analysis of the Motion of Fall -- Free Fall Experiments and Their Evaluation: The ?Weight? of Falling Bodies -- Free Fall Experiments and Their Evaluation: Motion in a Medium -- Graphical Construction of Projectile Trajectories -- Exploration of the Inclined-Plane Conception of Projectile Motion -- Conclusion -- Shared Knowledge and Alternative Solutions in Harriot?s and Galileo?s Work on Motion -- Facsimile and Transcription -- Notes and Conventions -- Thomas Harriot?s Notes on Projectile Motion and the Fall of Bodies. 330 $aThe short series The Historical Epistemology of Mechanics presents the long-term development of mechanical knowledge. The books in this series combine the presentation of a broad selection of relevant sources with in-depth analyses of the long-term development of mechanical knowledge focusing on the early modern period. This series is conceived in analogy to the four-volume series on The Genesis of General Relativity (BSPS 250). The English Galileo, the first book in this series, investigates the shared knowledge of preclassical mechanics by relating the work of Thomas Harriot on motion, documented by a wealth of manuscripts, to that of Galileo and other contemporaries. Harriot and Galileo indeed exploited the same shared knowledge resources in order to approach the same challenging objects. While the paths Harriot traces through the shared knowledge are different from Galileo?s, the work of the two scientists displays striking similarities as regards their achievements as well as the problems they were unable to solve. The study of Harriot?s parallel work thus allows the exploration of the structure of the shared knowledge of early modern mechanics, to perceive possible alternative histories, and to distinguish between individual peculiarities and shared structures of early modern mechanical reasoning. This study has received two distinguished awards, the Junior Scholar Award of the Georg Agricola Society and the Georg Uschmann Award of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina. 410 0$aBoston studies in the philosophy of science ;$vv. 268. 606 $aScientists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScientists 676 $a531.11 700 $aSchemmel$b Matthias$0898630 701 $aCohen$b Robert S$044195 701 $aGavroglou$b Ko?stas$047997 701 $aRenn$b Jrgen$0975454 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451472503321 996 $aThe English Galileo$92221201 997 $aUNINA