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BL
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959347
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b713717
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Barbour, Julian B.
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| Title & Author
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The discovery of dynamics : : a study from a Machian point of view of the discovery and the structure of dynamical theories /\ Julian B. Barbour.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xxiv, 746 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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019535110X
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: 1280833319
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: 6610833311
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: 9780195351101
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: 9781280833311
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: 9786610833313
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0195132025
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9780195132021
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2; 1 Preliminaries; 2 Aristotle: first airing of the absolute/relative problem; 3 Hellenistic astronomy: the foundations are laid; 4 The Middle Ages: first stirrings of the scientific revolution; 5 Copernicus: the flimsy arch; 6 Kepler: the dominion of the sun; 7 Galileo: the geometrization of motion; 8 Descartes and the new world; 9 Huygens: relativity and centrifugal force; 10 Newton I: the discovery of dynamics; 11 Newton II: absolute or relative motion?; 12 Post-Newtonian conceptual clarification of Newtonian dynamics.
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"This study tells an absorbing story. It spans over 2000 years, from the development of ancient astronomy through to Newton's discovery of universal gravitation and the laws of motion.
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"Originally published as Absolute or relative motion? volume 1, The discovery of dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1989."
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It has no rival, either in depth of treatment or vitality of presentation. The revolutionary developments that led to the modern view of the world are examined from a deep philosophical perspective. The book was originally published in 1989 as Abs.
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Astronomy.
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Dynamics.
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Motion.
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Astronomia.
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Astronomie.
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Astronomy.
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Bewegung
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Dinâmica.
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Dynamics.
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Dynamik
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Dynamique.
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Motion.
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Mouvement.
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Philosophie
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SCIENCE-- Mechanics-- Dynamics.
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Bewegung.
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Dynamik.
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Philosophie.
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Beweging (activiteit)
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Dynamica.
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Sterrenkunde.
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| Dewey Classification
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531/.11
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| LC Classification
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QC133.B36 2001
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39.23bcl
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UB 2405rvk
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