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Homage to Evangelista Torricelli's Opera Geometrica 1644-2024
Text, Transcription, Commentaries and Selected Essays as New Historical InsightsLogic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, Band 55
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181,89 € |
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| Verlag: | Springer |
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| Veröffentl.: | 22.03.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783031069635 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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<p>Evangelista Torricelli exemplifies the use the moderns made of the ancients' mathematical methods. Celebrating Evangelista Torricelli's monumental <i>Opera geometrica</i>, this book marks 380 years since its publication (1644-2024). This homage to Torricelli introduces the magnificent major work in Mechanics and Mathematics of a brilliant Archimedean–and–Galilean scientist to modern readers.</p><p><i>Opera geometrica</i> deals with Motion & Mechanics and Geometry & Infinitesimals. <i>In quibus Archimedis doctrina</i> Torricelli also presents his mechanical principle of equilibrium – the foundation of the modern Principle of Virtual Work/Static.<br></p><p>This outstanding source and research book spotlights the relevance and originality of Torricelli’s Mechanics, and is the first and most profound analysis of the <i>Opera geometrica</i> to date. The historical study is achieved in extensive Introduction, 5 Essays and an accurate Transcription of <i>Opera geometrica</i> with parallel side–by–side text, including substantive explicative notes. The book is an accessible avenue to understanding this work by leading authorities who offer much-needed insights into the relationship Physics–Mathematics, Mechanics and Fundamentals. It appeals to historians, epistemologists and scientists.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>
Introduction.- Part I: The Papers.- Chapter 1. A new Cycloid Narrative centered on Torricelli and Roberval to Understand the Diverse Ways of the Mathematical Revolution (Jean Dhombres).- Chapter 2. Historical and Methodological Details on the De motu gravium naturaliter descendentium in Torricelli’s Opera Gometrica (1644) (Raffaele Pisano and Paolo Bussotti).- Chapter 3. Torricelli’s proof of Galileo’s Assumption on the Velocity Acquired at the End of a Free Fall (Patricia Radelet–de Grave).- Chapter 4. Why Publish a Book of Geometry in Seventeenth-Century Europe? Science, Status, and Print Culture in Evangelista Torricelli’s Opera Geometrica (1644) (John B. Shank).- Chapter 5. Encounters with the Infinite: From Torricelli to Gödel (Martin Davis).- Part II: A Critical Transcription & Translation of The Opera Geometrica, 1644.- Chapter 6. Introduction to a Critical Transcription.- Chapter 7. Image-Text & Transcription.- Part III: Epilogue.- Chapter 8. Epilogue [by…………] Chapter 9. Torricelli: Historical Source Introductory.- Index.<br> <p></p> <p></p><p></p><p><br></p>
<div><p>Evangelista Torricelli exemplifies the use the moderns made of the ancients' mathematical methods. Celebrating Evangelista Torricelli's monumental <i>Opera geometrica</i>, this book marks 380 years since its publication (1644-2024). This homage to Torricelli introduces the magnificent major work in Mechanics and Mathematics of a brilliant Archimedean–and–Galilean scientist to modern readers.</p><p><i>Opera geometrica</i> deals with Motion & Mechanics and Geometry & Infinitesimals. <i>In quibus Archimedis doctrina</i> Torricelli also presents his mechanical principle of equilibrium – the foundation of the modern Principle of Virtual Work/Static.<br></p><p>This outstanding source and research book spotlights the relevance and originality of Torricelli’s Mechanics, and is the first and most profound analysis of the <i>Opera geometrica</i> to date. The historical study is achieved in extensive Introduction, 5 Essays and an accurate Transcription of <i>Opera geometrica</i> with parallel side–by–side text, including substantive explicative notes. The book is an accessible avenue to understanding this work by leading authorities who offer much-needed insights into the relationship Physics–Mathematics, Mechanics and Fundamentals. It appeals to historians, epistemologists and scientists.<br></p><p></p></div><p></p>
First profound analysis of the influential Opera Geometrica Offers an accessible route to understanding the Opera Geometrica Declares Archimedean Approach in Science of Equilibrium
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