The Renaissance of Mechanics Ancient Science in the Age of Humanism /
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| Summary: | XXIV, 413 p. 120 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Series: | Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45505-6 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Ancient mechanics
- Chapter 1. Devices and desires
- Chapter 2. Archimedes mechanicus
- Chapter 3. The Alexandria quartet
- Part II: Mechanics in the middle ages
- Chapter 4. The medieval science of weights
- Part III: The renaissance of mechanics
- Chapter 5. The recovery of ancient mechanics
- Chapter 6. Niccolò Tartaglia and the science of weights
- Chapter 7. Francesco maurolico and equal moments
- Chapter 8. Guidobaldo Dal Monte and Hero’s machines
- Chapter 9. Galileo and the lost principles of hero
- Conclusion.