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The Key to Newton's Dynamics : The Kepler Problem and the Principia / / J. Bruce Brackenridge
| The Key to Newton's Dynamics : The Kepler Problem and the Principia / / J. Bruce Brackenridge |
| Autore | Brackenridge J. Bruce |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1996] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina |
521/.3
531.092 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NewtonIsaac <1642-1727.> |
| Soggetto topico |
Kepler's laws
Celestial mechanics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1600s
academic analysis biographical cambridge centrifugal force conservation of motion cultural context curvature descartes famous person famous scientist galileo historical history buff kepler problem laws of motion mathematics newton newtons dynamics outer space physics planetary motion planets principia scholarly scientific scientist true story |
| ISBN |
1-282-35500-7
9786612355004 0-520-91685-9 0-585-37582-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I. THE BACKGROUND TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION -- PART II. A GUIDED STUDY TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION -- PART III. THE REVISIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX TO THE GUIDED STUDY AND THE TRANSLATION -- GENERAL INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495970103321 |
Brackenridge J. Bruce
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1996] | ||
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Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992 [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice A. Finocchiaro
| Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992 [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice A. Finocchiaro |
| Autore | Finocchiaro Maurice A. <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520/.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Religion and science - Italy - History - 17th century
Science - Philosophy |
| Soggetto non controllato |
atomic bomb
bible brecht catholic church catholicism civic condemnation controversy courtroom drama descartes epistemology fundamentalism galileo hermeneutics historical impropriety legal drama liberalism napoleonic wars pascal paschini affair peiresc pope benedict pope john paul the second pope promulgation rehabilitation religion and science religion scientific authority scientists secularism the galileo affair theoretical trial tricentennial rehabilitation voltaire |
| ISBN |
1-282-36041-8
9786612360411 1-4175-8508-0 0-520-94137-3 1-59734-866-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction. the galileo affair from descartes to john paul ii: a survey of sources, facts, and issues -- 1. The Condemnation of Galileo (1633) -- 2. Promulgation and Diffusion of the News (1633-1651) -- 3. Emblematic Reactions: Descartes, Peiresc, Galileo's Daughter (1633-1642) -- 4. Polarizations: Secularism, Liberalism, Fundamentalism (1633-1661) -- 5. Compromises: Viviani, Auzout, Leibniz (1654-1704) -- 6. Myth-making or Enlightenment? Pascal, Voltaire, the Encyclopedia (1657-1777) -- 7. Incompetence or Enlightenment? Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) -- 8. New Lies, Documents, Myths, Apologies (1758-1797) -- 9. Napoleonic Wars and Trials (1810-1821) -- 10. The Inquisition on Galileo's Side? The Settele Affair (1820) and Beyond (1835) -- 11. Varieties of Torture: Demythologizing Galileo's Trial? (1835-1867) -- 12. A Miscarriage of Justice? The Documentation of Impropriety (1867-1879) -- 13. Galileo Right Again, Wrong Again: Hermeneutics, Epistemology, "Heresy" (1866-1928) -- 14. A Catholic Hero: Tricentennial Rehabilitation (1941-1947) -- 15. Secular Indictments: Brecht's Atomic Bomb and Koestler's Two Cultures (1947-1959) -- 16. History on Trial: The Paschini Affair (1941-1979) -- 17. More "Rehabilitation": Pope John Paul II (1979-1992) -- Epilogue: Unfinished Business -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783313903321 |
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Finocchiaro Maurice A. <1942->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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