Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science

by Drake, Stillman; Swerdlow, N. M.; Levere, Trevor H.

• ISBN13: 9780802081643
• ISBN10: 0802081649
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

This 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers published by Drake, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). An essential supplement to Drake's translations and other books.

Author Biography

N.M. Swerdlow is Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago. T.H. LEVERE is Professor and Director, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

List Of Illustrations	vii
Part V Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems	1	(114)
The Title Page and Preface of Galileo's Dialogue	5	(18)
The Organizing Theme of the Dialogue	23	(15)
Reexamining Galileo's Dialogue	38	(20)
Galileo Gleanings XVI: Semicircular Fall in the Dialogue	58	(11)
Galileo Gleanings XVII: The Question of Circular Inertia	69	(17)
The Tower Argument in the Dialogue	86	(11)
Galileo Gleanings X: Origin and Fate of Galileo's Theory of the Tides	97	(10)
History of Science and Tide Theories	107	(8)
Part VI Galileo: Motion and Mechanics, including the Discourses on Two New Sciences	115	(262)
Galileo and the Law of Inertia	121	(13)
The Concept of Inertia	134	(13)
Galileo's Experimental Confirmation of Horizontal Inertia: Unpublished Manuscripts (Galileo Gleanings XXII)	147	(13)
Galileo's Discovery of the Parabolic Trajectory (with J. MacLachan)	160	(11)
Galileo's New Science of Motion	171	(16)
Galileo's 1604 Fragment on Falling Bodies (Galileo Gleanings XVIII)	187	(21)
Uniform Acceleration, Space, and Time (Galileo Gleanings XIX)	208	(25)
The Uniform Motion Equivalent to a Uniformly Accelerated Motion from Rest (Galileo Gleanings XX)	233	(15)
Galileo's Discovery of the Law of Free Fall	248	(17)
Galileo Gleanings XXIII: Velocity and Eudoxian Proportion Theory	265	(16)
Galileo's Work on Free Fall in 1604	281	(11)
Mathematics and Discovery in Galileo's Physics	292	(15)
The Role of Music in Galileo's Experiments	307	(9)
New Light on a Galilean Claim about Pendulums	316	(5)
Galileo's Accuracy in Measuring Horizontal Projections	321	(11)
Galileo and Mathematical Physics	332	(14)
Galileo's Physical Measurements	346	(11)
Galileo's Constant	357	(13)
Galileo's Gravitational Units	370	(7)
Index	377
Illustrations follow page	232