An edition of Experiment and Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany: The History of the Accademia del Cimento (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science) (2007)

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An edition of Experiment and Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany: The History of the Accademia del Cimento (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science) (2007)

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Science, Philosophy, History, Learned institutions and societies, Florence (italy), history, Accademia del cimento (Florence, Italy), Science, europe, Science, history, Accademia del Cimento, Natuurfilosofie, Experimenteel onderzoek
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Experiment and Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany: The History of the Accademia del Cimento
Nov 19, 2010, Boschiero Luciano, Springer
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Table of Contents

Introduction.
Page 1
I. GALILEO AND BEYOND
Page 11
1. 350 years of coming to grips with the experimental activities of Galileo and his followers.
Page 13
2. Vincenzio Viviani (1622-1703): Galileo’s last disciple.
Page 37
3. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679).
Page 59
4. What it meant to be a Cimento academician.
Page 93
II. THE ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO
Page 111
5. Experiments concerning air pressure and the void and a look at the Accademia’s internal workings.
Page 115
6. The artificial freezing process of liquids, and the properties and effects of heat and cold.
Page 141
III. THE ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO: 1662-1667.
Page 179
7. The Cimento’s publication process and presentational techniques: formulating a policy of self-censorship.
Page 181
8. The Saturn problem and the path of comets: an analysis of the academicians’ theoretical and observational astronomy.
Page 195
Conclusion.
Page 233
Bibliography.
Page 241
Index.
Page 247

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Q54.A29, Q124.6-127.2, Q54.A29 B683 2007

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Hardcover
Number of pages
252
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9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
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1.2 pounds

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OL11634397M
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experimentnatura00bosc
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1402062451
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9781402062452
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2009659298
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154712093

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