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Author:   Raffaele Pisano ,  Danilo Capecchi
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Volume:   28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   9.994kg
ISBN:  

9789401797092

ISBN 10:   9401797099
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   11 September 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface by Patricia Radelet-de Grave.- Acknowledgments.- Remarks for the Reader.-   Introduction.- PART I  –  Biographical Sketches & Science in Context.- 1 Niccolò Tartaglia and the Renaissance Society between Science and Technique. Niccolò Fontana called Tartaglia.- 1.1. Biographical and Scientific Sketches.- 1.2.Tartaglia’s Conceptual Stream in the Renaissance.- 1.3. Physics and Architecture: On Ballistics & Fortifications.- 1.4. On the Opera Archimedis and Archimedis de insidentibus aquae.- 1.5. Contents, Former Pupils and Philological Notes.- 2. Ancient and Modern Statics in the Renaissance.  The Background.- 2.1.The scientia de ponderibus in the Middle Ages.- 2.2. Revival during the Age of Humanism.- 2.3. Tartaglia’s Legacy. A Transition between Science of Weights and Modern Statics.- PART II – History & Historical Epistemology Analyses.-  3The Analysis of Books VII and VIII of Quesiti et inventioni diverse.-  A Historical Epistemology Outline on Early Statics in the Books VII and VIII.- 3.1. The Analysis of Book VII (1554).-  3.2.The Analysis of Book VIII (1554).- PART III – Translations & Transcriptions 4. General Considerations.- 4.1. The Quesiti et inventioni diverse (1554).- 4.2. Philological Notes on Iordani opusculum de ponderositate (1565).- 4.3. Book VII of Quesiti et inventioni diverse (1554).-  4.4.  Book VIII of Quesiti et inventioni diverse (1554).- 4.5. The Italian Critical Transcriptions.- 4.6. The Iordani opusculum de ponderositate (1565).- PART IV – Circulation of Knowledge & Conclusion.- 5 Foreign Editions of Quesiti et invention diverse. General Considerations.- 5.1. Quesiti Foreign Editions.- 5.2. Bibliographical Notes.- Conclusion.- 6 Conclusion.- Concluding Remarks.- References.- Microfilm Tartalea.- Main Quesiti Accounts.- Index.

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This is valuable for scholars as well as teachers of the history of math and science. It is very educational for a student of math and science to read the original work on occasion and see how the ideas and principles of math and science were developed and perfected. If you are a teacher ... interested in including material about the work of Tartaglia in your course or in your research, this book is what you are looking for. (Charles Ashbacher, MAA Reviews, maa.org, December, 2015)

This is valuable for scholars as well as teachers of the history of math and science. It is very educational for a student of math and science to read the original work on occasion and see how the ideas and principles of math and science were developed and perfected. If you are a teacher ... interested in including material about the work of Tartaglia in your course or in your research, this book is what you are looking for. (Charles Ashbacher, MAA Reviews, maa.org, December, 2015)

This is valuable for scholars as well as teachers of the history of math and science. It is very educational for a student of math and science to read the original work on occasion and see how the ideas and principles of math and science were developed and perfected. If you are a teacher interested in including material about the work of Tartaglia in your course or in your research, this book is what you are looking for. (Charles Ashbacher, MAA Reviews, maa.org, December, 2015)

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