The Cambridge Companion to Galileo (gnv64) torrent

The Cambridge Companion to Galileo (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
by Peter Machamer
Cambridge University Press | August 1998 | ISBN-10: 0521588413 | PDF | 476 pages | 23.6 mb

This collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the Church. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Galileo available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Galileo.

CONTENTS
Contributors page ix
Preface xi
Introduction PETER MACHAMER 1
1 Galileo's Pisan studies in science and philosophy WILLIAM A. WALLACE 21
2 Galileo's machines, his mathematics, and his experiments PETER MACHAMER 53
3 The use and abuse of mathematical entities: Galileo and the Jesuits revisited RIVKA FFIHAY 80
4 Inertial problems in Galileo's preinertial framework WALLACE HOOPER 146
5 From Galileo to Augustine PIETRO REDONDI 175
6 Galileo's Copernicanism: The science and the rhetoric WILLIAM SHEALL
7 Galileo's discoveries with the telescope and their evidence for the Copernican theory NOEL M. SWERDLOW 244
8 Galileo on science and Scripture ERNAN MCMULLIN 211
9 Could there be another Galileo case? RICHARD BLACKWELL
10 The god of theologians and the god of astronomers: An apology of Bellarmine MARCELLO PERA 367
11 The never-ending Galileo story MICHAEL SEGRE 388
12 The sepulchers of Galileo: The "living" remains of a hero of science PAOLO GALLUZZI 417
Bibliography 449
Index 4S9

Kindly note that final Index is missing from this PDF. This book is the curtain raiser for many more Galileo books that I shall be uploading soon!

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