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The Cambridge companion to Galileo / edited by Peter Machamer.

Other author/creatorMachamer, Peter K.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title Galileo
Contents Galileo's Pisan studies in science and philosophy / William A. Wallace -- Galileo's machines, his mathematics, and his experiments / Peter Machamer -- Use and abuse of mathematical entities / Rivka Feldhay -- Inertial problems in Galileo's preinertial framework / Wallace Hooper -- From Galileo to Augustine / Pietro Redondi -- Galileo's Copernicanism / William Shea -- Galileo's discoveries with the telescope and their evidence for the Copernican theory / Noel M. Swerdlow -- Galileo on science and Scripture / Ernan McMullin -- Could there be another Galileo case? / Richard Blackwell -- God of theologians and the god of astronomers / Marcello Pera -- Never-ending Galileo story / Michael Segre -- Sepulchers of Galileo / Paolo Galluzzi
Local noteLittle-307352--305131014167W
General note"Cambridge companions to philosophy"--p. [iii].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 449-458) and index.
LCCN 98013357
ISBN0521581788
ISBN0521588413 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks QB36.G2 C27 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold