Mechanics and natural philosophy before the scientific revolution
Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 254, vol. 254
Conference papers and proceedings
viii, 306 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781402059667, 9781402059674, 1402059663, 1402059671
1006079286
1. Ancient and medieval mechanics. Theory and practice in Heron's Mechanics / Mark J. Schiefsky. Bradwardine's rule : a mathematical law? / Jean Celeyrette. The origin and fate of Thomas Bradwardine's De proportionibus velocitatum in motibus in relation to the history of mathematics / Edith Dudley Sylla. Concepts of impetus and the history of mechanics / Jürgen Sarnowsky
2. The reappropriation and transformation of ancient mechanics. Circular and rectilinear motion in the Mechanica and in the 16th century / Christiane Vilain. Nature, mechanics, and voluntary movement in Giuseppe Moletti's Lectures on the pseudo-Aristotelian Mechanica / Walter Roy Laird. Mechanics and natural philosophy in late 16th century Pisa : Cesalpino and Buonamici, humanist masters of the faculty of arts / Mario Otto Helbing. The enigma of the inclined plane from Heron to Galileo / Egidio Festa and Sophie Roux
3. Mechanics in new contexts. The pendulum as a challenging object in early-modern mechanics / Jochen Büttner. Mechanics in Spain at the end of the 16th century and the Madrid Academy of Mathematics / Victor Navarro Brotons. Mechanics and mechanical philosophy in some Jesuit mathematical textbooks of the early 17th century / Geert Vanpaemel
Revised versions of selected papers presented at a workshop entitled "Mechanics and natural philosophy: accommodation and conflict", held in La Orotava, Tenerife, 30 Jan.-1 Feb. 2004, as part of a programme on the theme "From natural philosophy to science" sponsored by the European Science Foundation. Includes one essay not presented at the workshop