LEADER 02931nam 2200409z- 450 001 996320835003316 005 20231214132824.0 035 $a(CKB)9870000000000546 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/46698 035 $a(EXLCZ)999870000000000546 100 $a20202102d2012 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThe Equilibrium Controversy: Guidobaldo del Monte?s Critical Notes on the Mechanics of Jordanus and Benedetti and their Historical and Conceptual Backgrounds 210 $cEdition Open Access$d2012 215 $a1 electronic resource (386 p.) 225 1 $aSources 2: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge 311 $a3-86931-959-3 330 $aThis study, the second volume of the series "Sources" of the "Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge," reviews a historical discussion about the question of whether a balance in equilibrium, after having been deflected, returns to its original position. This question captured the attention of philosophers and scientists for almost two millennia, from Greek antiquity to the sixteenth century when the "equilibrium controversy" became a central question among scholars. Two new sources related to this controversy are presented: an annotated copy of Jordanus de Nemore's "Liber de ponderibus" edited by Petrus Apianus in 1533 and an annotated copy of Giovanni Battista Benedetti's "Diversarum speculationum mathematicarum et physicarum liber" from 1585. Both works contain handwritten marginal notes by Guidobaldo del Monte, author of the most influential early modern text on mechanics. A detailed analysis of these sources, their prehistory, and their contexts shows that the "equilibrium controversy" only scratched the surface of a much deeper conceptual crisis of early modern mechanics that was triggered by the introduction of the medieval concept of "positional heaviness" into early modern discussions. This crisis helped to establish fundamental insights on which Galileo eventually built his theory of mechanics as well as his theory of motion. 517 $aEquilibrium Controversy 531 $aMAX PLANCK RESEARCH LIBRARY FOR THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE / SOURCES ; 2 610 $abalances 610 $aearly modern period 610 $ahistory of mechanics 610 $aMPRL 610 $aEdition Open Access 610 $aequilibrium 610 $aBenedetti 700 $aJu?rgen Renn$4auth$0149431 702 $aPeter Damerow$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996320835003316 996 $aThe Equilibrium Controversy: Guidobaldo del Monte?s Critical Notes on the Mechanics of Jordanus and Benedetti and their Historical and Conceptual Backgrounds$93037066 997 $aUNISA