Using an integrated philosophical and historical approach, this book explores the fundamental shift in understandings of space in the scientific revolution.
Using an integrated philosophical and historical approach, this book explores the fundamental shift in understandings of space in the scientific revolution.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David Marshall Miller is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University. He has published articles in journals including Philosophy of Science and History of Science.
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List of figures Preface Note on texts 1. Introduction: centers and orientations 2. Pluribus ergo existentibus centris: explanations, descriptions, and Copernicus 3. Non est motus omnino: Gilbert, verticity, and the Law of the Whole 4. Respicere sinus: Kepler, oriented Space, and the ellipse 5. Mille movimenti circolari: from Impetus to conserved curvilinear motion in Galileo 6. Directions sont entre elles paralleles: Descartes and his critics on oriented space and the parallelogram rule 7. Incline it to verge: Newton's spatial synthesis 8. Conclusion: methodological morals References Index.
List of figures Preface Note on texts 1. Introduction: centers and orientations 2. Pluribus ergo existentibus centris: explanations, descriptions, and Copernicus 3. Non est motus omnino: Gilbert, verticity, and the Law of the Whole 4. Respicere sinus: Kepler, oriented Space, and the ellipse 5. Mille movimenti circolari: from Impetus to conserved curvilinear motion in Galileo 6. Directions sont entre elles paralleles: Descartes and his critics on oriented space and the parallelogram rule 7. Incline it to verge: Newton's spatial synthesis 8. Conclusion: methodological morals References Index.
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