The discovery of dynamics : a study from a Machian point of view of the discovery and the structure of dynamical theories
"This study tells an absorbing story. It spans over 2000 years, from the development of ancient astronomy through to Newton's discovery of universal gravitation and the laws of motion
1 online resource (xxiv, 746 pages) : illustrations
9780195351101, 9781280833311, 9786610833313, 019535110X, 1280833319, 6610833311
667014618
Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2; 1 Preliminaries; 2 Aristotle: first airing of the absolute/relative problem; 3 Hellenistic astronomy: the foundations are laid; 4 The Middle Ages: first stirrings of the scientific revolution; 5 Copernicus: the flimsy arch; 6 Kepler: the dominion of the sun; 7 Galileo: the geometrization of motion; 8 Descartes and the new world; 9 Huygens: relativity and centrifugal force; 10 Newton I: the discovery of dynamics; 11 Newton II: absolute or relative motion?; 12 Post-Newtonian conceptual clarification of Newtonian dynamics
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