The Discovery of Dynamics: A study from a Machian point of view of the discovery and the structure of dynamical theories
Author:   Julian B. Barbour
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780195132021


Pages:   784
Publication Date:   20 September 2001
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The Discovery of Dynamics: A study from a Machian point of view of the discovery and the structure of dynamical theories


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Author:   Julian B. Barbour
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   1.111kg
ISBN:  

9780195132021


ISBN 10:   0195132025
Pages:   784
Publication Date:   20 September 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2 1: Preliminaries 2: Aristotle: first airing of the absolute/relative problem 3: Hellenistic astronomy: the foundations are laid 4: The Middle Ages: first stirrings of the scientific revolution 5: Copernicus: the flimsy arch 6: Kepler: the dominion of the sun 7: Galileo: the geometrization of motion 8: Descartes and the new world 9: Huygens: relativity and centrifugal force 10: Newton I: the discovery of dynamics 11: Newton II: absolute or relative motion 12: Post-Newtonian conceptual clarification of Newtonian dynamics Abbreviations for works quoted frequently in the References References Index

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