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Language(s):
eng - English
Dates:
2014
Publication Status:
Issued
Pages:
-
Publishing info:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Table of Contents:
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
Rev. Type:
-
Identifiers:
ISBN: 978-1-107-04673-3
eSciDoc: alt_escidoc:698399
Degree:
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