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" Galileo studies : "
Stillman Drake.
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BL
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583593
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b412812
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| Main Entry
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Drake, Stillman.
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| Title & Author
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Galileo studies : : personality, tradition, and revolution /\ Stillman Drake.
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, 1970.
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289 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0472082833
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: 9780472082834
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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Bibliography: p. 15-17.
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| Contents
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Physics and tradition before Galileo -- Vincenzio Galilei and Galileo -- The scientific personality of Galileo -- The Accademia dei Lincei -- The effectiveness of Galileo's work -- Galileo, Kepler, and their intermediaries -- Galileo and the telescope -- The dispute over bodies in water -- Sunspots, Sizzi, and Scheiner -- Galileo's theory of the tides -- Free fall and uniform acceleration -- Galileo and the concept of inertia -- The case against "circular inertia".
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Galilei, Galileo,1564-1642.
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| LC Classification
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QB36.G2D7 1970
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