Thinking with Objects
Download or Read eBook Thinking with Objects PDF written by Domenico Bertoloni Meli and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-11-17 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Domenico Bertoloni Meli |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 418 |
| Release | : 2006-11-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801884276 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801884276 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Thinking with Objects by : Domenico Bertoloni Meli
Book excerpt: 'Bertoloni Meli reexamines such major texts as Galileo's Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Descartes' Principles of Philosophy, and Newton's Principia, and in them finds a reliance on objects that has escaped proper understanding. From Pappus of Alexandria to Guidobaldo dal Monte, Bertoloni Meli sees significant developments in the history of mechanical experimentation, all of them crucial for understanding Galileo. Bertoloni Meli uses similarities and tensions between dal Monte and Galileo as a springboard for exploring the revolutionary nature of seventeenth-century mechanics.' (Back cover)
