書目名稱 | Galileo Galilei’s “Two New Sciences” |
副標題 | for Modern Readers |
編輯 | Alessandro De Angelis |
視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/381/380388/380388.mp4 |
概述 | Presents Galileo’s demonstrations translated for the first time from geometry into algebra, a much easier language for modern readers to understand.Addresses anyone who would like really to know Galil |
叢書名稱 | History of Physics |
圖書封面 |  |
描述 | .This book aims to make Galileo?Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader?by refashioning the great scientist‘s masterpiece "Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences"?in today‘s language...Galileo?Galilei stands as one of the most important figures in history, not simply for his achievements in astronomy, physics, and engineering and for revolutionizing science and the scientific method in general, but also for the role that he played in the (still ongoing) drama concerning entrenched power and its desire to stifle any knowledge that may threaten it. Therefore, it is important that today‘s readers?come to understand and appreciate what Galilei accomplished and wrote. But the mindset that shapes how we see the world today is quite different from the mindset -- and language -- of Galilei and his contemporaries. Another obstacle to a full?understanding of Galilei‘s writings is posed by?the countless historical, philosophical, geometrical, and linguistic references he made, along with his often florid prose, with its blend?of Italian and Latin. De Angelis‘?new?rendition of the work?includes translations of the original?geometrical figures into a |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
關鍵詞 | Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations; Galileo‘s Two New Sciences; principle of inertia; Two New S |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71952-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-71954-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-71952-4Series ISSN 2730-7549 Series E-ISSN 2730-7557 |
issn_series | 2730-7549 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |