Absolute or relative motion ? : a study from a Machian point of view of the discovery and the structure of dynamical theories

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CUP Archive, 1988 - 746 pagine
 

Sommario

Introduction to Volumes 1 and
1
first airing of the absoluterelative problem
60
4
74
42
82
the foundations are laid
100
4
112
first stirrings of the scientific revolution
191
the flimsy arch
209
the geometrization of motion
352
Descartes and the new world
406
relativity and centrifugal force
451
the discovery of dynamics
498
absolute or relative motion?
598
PostNewtonian conceptual clarification of Newtonian
645
Abbreviations for works quoted frequently in the References
697
Index
725

the dominion of the sun
264

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