The question of when and how the basic concepts that
characterize modern science arose in Western Europe has long been
central to the history of science. This book examines the
transition from Renaissance engineering and philosophy of nature to
classical mechanics oriented on the central concept of velocity.
For this new edition, the authors include a new discussion of the
doctrine of proportions, an analysis of the role of traditional
statics in the construction of Descartes' impact rules, and go
deeper into the debate between Descartes and Hobbes on the
explanation of refraction. They also provide significant new
material on the early development of Galileo's work on mechanics
and the law of fall.
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