Galileo Galilei - E-book

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Galileo Galilei - ENG

At The Threshold Of The Scientific Age

Wolfgang W. Osterhage

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ISBN:	9783319917795
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencia
Subtema:	Física general
Año de publicación:	2018-06-06

This new scientific biography explores the influences on, and of,Â GalileoÂ exceptional work, thereby revealing novel connections with the worldviews of his age and beyond. Galileo Galileis contribution to science is unquestionable. And his conflict with the church establishment of his time is no less famous. In this book, authored by a physicist and history scholar, Galileos life and work are described against a backdrop of the prior scientific state of the art in his various fields of achievement. Particular emphasis is placed on Galileos vision of the world in relation to historic and also future cosmological models. The impact of his discoveries and theories for the later development of physics and astronomy is a further focus of the narrative.

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