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Galilei Galileo and translated by Henry Crew and Alfonso De Slavio
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New York: Dover Publications. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 1954. Paperback. 0486600998 . To Corner of Spine Slightly Torn . Dover Publications ISBN 0486600998 9780486600994 [US]
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ISBN10: 0486600998, ISBN13: 9780486600994, [publisher: New York: Dover Publications] Softcover XIII, 294 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband weist minimal Randläsuren auf, sonst ein gutes Exemplar / binding has minimal edgewear, otherwise a good copy. - This is the standard translation of one of the greatest single works by one of Western sciences greatest single men, the Renaissance physicist Galileo Galilei. Written near the end of his life, the book had to be published abroad and led to Galileos condemnation. But he nevertheless considered it to be "superior to everything else of mine published." Despite the fact that the book encompasses 30 years of highly original experimentation and theorizing on the part of this singular man, it is eminently readable. Written as a discussion between a master and two students, it sets forth its hundreds of experiments and summarizes the conclusions Galileo drew from those experiments in a brisk, direct style. Using helpful geometric demonstrations, Galileo discusses aspects of fracture of solid bodies, cohesion, leverage, the speed of light, sound, pendulums, falling bodies, projectiles, uniform motion, accelerated motion, and the strength of wires, rods and ...
ISBN10: 0486600998, ISBN13: 9780486600994, [publisher: New York: Dover Publications] Softcover XIII, 294 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband weist minimal Randläsuren auf, sonst ein gutes Exemplar / binding has minimal edgewear, otherwise a good copy. - This is the standard translation of one of the greatest single works by one of Western sciences greatest single men, the Renaissance physicist Galileo Galilei. Written near the end of his life, the book had to be published abroad and led to Galileos condemnation. But he nevertheless considered it to be "superior to everything else of mine published." Despite the fact that the book encompasses 30 years of highly original experimentation and theorizing on the part of this singular man, it is eminently readable. Written as a discussion between a master and two students, it sets forth its hundreds of experiments and summarizes the conclusions Galileo drew from those experiments in a brisk, direct style. Using helpful geometric demonstrations, Galileo discusses aspects of fracture of solid bodies, cohesion, leverage, the speed of light, sound, pendulums, falling bodies, projectiles, uniform motion, accelerated motion, and the strength of wires, rods and ...
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