Introduction |
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A Preamble |
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Notice to the Reader |
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Part I The Problem of Motion Before Galileo |
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1 The Theories on the Motion of Bodies in the Classical Antiquity |
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1.1 Kinematics Among the Greeks |
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1.2 Dynamics in the Opinion of Aristotle and His Continuators, in Greece and in Rome |
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1.3 After Aristotle in Greece and in Rome |
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18 | (7) |
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22 | (3) |
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2 The Theories of Motion in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance |
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2.2 The First Substantial Criticisms to Aristotelian Mechanics---Philoponus and Avempace |
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29 | (1) |
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2.3 The Medieval Kinematics |
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30 | (8) |
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2.3.1 Gerard of Brussels and the Liber de Motu |
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31 | (1) |
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2.3.2 The Kinematics at Merton College |
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32 | (4) |
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2.3.3 The Kinematics of the Parisian School |
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36 | (2) |
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2.4 The Medieval Dynamics |
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38 | (4) |
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2.4.1 Bradwardine's Dynamics |
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38 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Dynamics at the Parisian School and the Impetus---Theory |
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39 | (3) |
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2.5 The Diffusion in Italy of the Ideas of Mertonians and of the Parisian Masters |
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42 | (2) |
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2.6 The Theory of Motion in the XVI Century |
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44 | (14) |
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2.6.1 Niccolo Tartaglia (1500--1557)---His Life and His Works |
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45 | (5) |
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2.6.2 The Mechanics of Giovan Battista Benedetti |
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50 | (8) |
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2.7 Galileo and the Engineers of the Renaissance |
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58 | (5) |
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60 | (3) |
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Part II Galileo and the Motion |
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3 The Young Galileo and the de Motu |
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3.1 On the Editions of the Dialogue and the Treatise |
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3.2 The Vicissitudes of the Manuscripts |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (7) |
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3.4.1 The Natural Motions |
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3.4.2 The Circular Motion |
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3.4.3 The Motion of the Projectiles |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (3) |
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3.6 Additional Considerations |
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89 | (4) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (24) |
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4.2 The Inertia in the De Motu |
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95 | (3) |
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4.3 Inertia in Le Mechaniche and in Dimostrazioni Intorno Alle Macchie Solari E Loro Accidenti |
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98 | (4) |
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4.4 The Inertia Principle in the Dialogue and in the Discourses |
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102 | (7) |
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4.5 The Inertia Principle in the "Sixth Day" |
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109 | (8) |
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5 The Motion of Heavy Bodies and the Trajectory of Projectiles |
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117 | (5) |
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5.2 The Motion of Falling Bodies in the "Third Day" of the Discourses |
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5.2.1 Appendix---An "Unpleasant Incident" |
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124 | (2) |
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5.3 Velocity and Space in the Uniformly Accelerated Motion |
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5.3.1 Appendix--From the Correspondence of Paolo Sarpi and Galileo |
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137 | (1) |
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5.4 The Historical Experiment and the Postulate |
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137 | (11) |
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5.5 The Motion of Projectiles and the Parabolic Trajectory |
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148 | (6) |
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5.6 A Gloss on the Pendulum |
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154 | (9) |
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162 | (1) |
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6 Galileo and the Principle of Relativity |
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163 | (6) |
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6.1 The Relative Motion Before Galileo |
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164 | (1) |
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6.2 How Galileo Expresses the Principle of Relativity |
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165 | (4) |
Final Considerations |
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169 | (4) |
Name Index |
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