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Galileo Galilei's "Two New Sciences" - For Modern Readers (Hardcover, 2021 ed.)
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Galileo Galilei's "Two New Sciences" - For Modern Readers (Hardcover, 2021 ed.)
Series: History of Physics
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This book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to
the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's masterpiece
Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New
Sciences in today's language. Galileo Galilei stands as one of the
most important figures in history, not simply for his achievements
in astronomy, physics, and engineering and for revolutionizing
science and the scientific method in general, but also for the role
that he played in the (still ongoing) drama concerning entrenched
power and its desire to stifle any knowledge that may threaten it.
Therefore, it is important that today's readers come to understand
and appreciate what Galilei accomplished and wrote. But the mindset
that shapes how we see the world today is quite different from the
mindset -- and language -- of Galilei and his contemporaries.
Another obstacle to a full understanding of Galilei's writings is
posed by the countless historical, philosophical, geometrical, and
linguistic references he made, along with his often florid prose,
with its blend of Italian and Latin. De Angelis' new rendition of
the work includes translations of the original geometrical figures
into algebraic formulae in modern notation and allows the
non-specialist reader to follow the thread of Galileo's thought and
in a way that was barely possible until now.
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