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

• Autore: Barbour Julian B
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (775 p.)
• Disciplina: 531/.11
• Soggetto topico: Astronomy; Dynamics; Motion
• Note generali: Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.; Previously issued in print: 2001.
• 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: This book explains the history and philosophy that led to the development of classical dynamics by Newton, and then places Newtonian dynamics in the perspective of unresolved questions relating to the basic concepts of space, time and motion.
• Titolo autorizzato: The discovery of dynamics
• ISBN: 0-19-028515-X; 0-19-773220-8; 1-280-83331-9; 9786610833313; 0-19-535110-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972763103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.