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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (775 p.) |
Disciplina: | 531/.11 |
Soggetto topico: | Astronomy |
Dynamics | |
Motion | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The discovery of dynamics |
ISBN: | 1-280-83331-9 |
9786610833313 | |
0-19-535110-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451149403321 |
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