LEADER 03192nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910964810903321 005 20251116220213.0 010 $a1-383-02952-0 010 $a1-280-90396-1 010 $a9786610903962 010 $a0-19-152418-2 010 $a1-4294-9248-1 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780198566250.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000476620 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24079805 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259251 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12048439 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259251 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273093 035 $a(PQKB)10630923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422394 035 $a(OCoLC)1406783719 035 $a(StDuBDS)9781383029529 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000476620 100 $a20050922e20232006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThus spoke Galileo $ethe great scientist's ideas and their relevance to the present day /$f[edited by] Andrea Frova and Mariapiera Marenzana ; translated by Jim McManus in collaboration with the authors 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 493 p. ) $cill 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 300 $aTranslated from the Italian. 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2006. 311 08$a0-19-856625-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [483]-484) and index. 327 $aPreface; Persisting misconceptions - A test; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Posthumous self-portrait of Galileo Galilei, philosopher; 2. The origin of nerves; PART II: REVOLUTIONARY MOTIONS; 3. Almost free fall; 4. Life aboard ship; 5. Towers arrows cannons and birds; PART III: THE PENDULUM AND MUSIC; 6. The divine harmonies; PART IV: THE STARRY SKY ABOVE US; 7. The crystal moon; 8. In the moonlight; PART V: THE SPINNING EARTH; 9. An ingenious wrong theory; 10. The seized atmosphere; 11. Stand still, ever moving sun; PART VI; 12. Infinite finite infinitesimal; 13. Down the slope; PART VII; 14. Archimedes and the weight of air; 15. Wax balls and dew drops; 16. Machines large and small; PART VIII; 17. In horror at a vacuum; 18. The obscure labyrinth of the senses; 19. As fast as light; PART IX: ALL THAT GLITTERS ..; 20. Quarrels among scientists; 21. The scientist and the cicada; EPILOGUE; 22. Conviction and abjuration 330 8 $a'Thus Spoke Galileo' is a presentation of the most important discoveries by Galileo Galilei, endorsed by his own lively writings. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aAstronomy$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aScience$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aScientists$zItaly 615 0$aAstronomy 615 0$aScience 615 0$aScientists 676 $a509/.032 700 $aGalilei$b Galileo$f1564-1642,$04160 702 $aFrova$b Andrea$f1936-, 702 $aMarenzana$b Mariapiera 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bUk 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964810903321 996 $aThus spoke Galileo$94524572 997 $aUNINA