Author: Stillman DrakePublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Mechanics in Sixteenth-century Italy
Author: Stillman DrakePublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Mechanics in Sixteenth-century Italy
Author: Stillman DrakeMechanics in Sixteenth-century Italy
Author: Stillman DrakeMechanics in Sixteenth-century Italy; Selections from Tartaglia, Benedetti, Guido Ubaldo, & Galileo. Translated & Annotated by Stillman Drake & I.E. Drabkin
Author: Stillman Drake (Comp)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Mechanics in sixteenth-century Italy
Author: The Unfinished Mechanics of Giuseppe Moletti
Author: Giuseppe MoletiPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802046994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue.
Mechanics in 16th century Italy
Author: The Renaissance of Mechanics
Author: Walter Roy LairdPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031455053
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Galileo
Author: Peter MachamerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521588416
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Not only a hero of the scientific revolution, but after his conflict with the church, a hero of science, Galileo is today rivalled in the popular imagination only by Newton and Einstein. But what did Galileo actually do, and what are the sources of the popular image we have of him? This 1998 collection of specially-commissioned 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 interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies.
The Dynamics of Learning in Early Modern Italy
Author: David A. LinesPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674290046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
A pathbreaking history of early modern education argues that Europe’s oldest university, often seen as a bastion of traditionalism, was in fact a vibrant site of intellectual innovation and cultural exchange. The University of Bologna was among the premier universities in medieval Europe and an international magnet for students of law. However, a long-standing historiographical tradition holds that Bologna—and Italian university education more broadly—foundered in the early modern period. On this view, Bologna’s curriculum ossified and its prestige crumbled, due at least in part to political and religious pressure from Rome. Meanwhile, new ways of thinking flourished instead in humanist academies, scientific societies, and northern European universities. David Lines offers a powerful counternarrative. While Bologna did decline as a center for the study of law, he argues, the arts and medicine at the university rose to new heights from 1400 to 1750. Archival records show that the curriculum underwent constant revision to incorporate contemporary research and theories, developed by the likes of René Descartes and Isaac Newton. From the humanities to philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, and medicine, teaching became more systematic and less tied to canonical texts and authors. Theology, meanwhile, achieved increasing prominence across the university. Although this religious turn reflected the priorities and values of the Catholic Reformation, it did not halt the creation of new scientific chairs or the discussion of new theories and discoveries. To the contrary, science and theology formed a new alliance at Bologna. The University of Bologna remained a lively hub of cultural exchange in the early modern period, animated by connections not only to local colleges, academies, and libraries, but also to scholars, institutions, and ideas throughout Europe.