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Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Toronto Pr
Publication date
June 1, 1999
Pages
380
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780802043436
ISBN-10
0802043437
Dimensions
1.50 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.70 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$68.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: For Forty Years, Beginning With The Publication Of The First Modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age. During that time, he published sixteen books on Galileo, including translations of almost all the major writings, and Galileo at Work, the most comprehensive study of Galileo's life and works ever written. His collection Discoveries and Opinions on Galileo has remained in print since its appearance in 1957 and has become the most widely read of all books on Galileo. In addition to his books, Drake published about 130 papers, of which nearly 100 are on Galileo and the rest on related aspects of the history and philosophy of science. This three-volume collection includes eighty of those papers.Drake's papers are an essential supplement to his translations and other books because it was in his papers that he wrote his most detailed technical studies of Galileo's scientific work. There is hardly a subject in Galileo's science that is not considered. Perhaps the most important are the series on mechanics and motion, in which Drake analysed Galileo's manuscript notes recording the experiments by which he discovered and confirmed the law of the acceleration of falling bodies. There are also papers on the notes in which Galileo recorded his discovery of Jupiter's satellites and on other aspects of Galileo's astronomy, including his defence of the Copernican theory.Other papers consider Galileo's life and scientific work in general, exploring what Drake calls the 'scientific personality' of Galileo, and his scientific method and philosophy ofscience. In addition to the papers on Galileo, there are a number of papers on medieval and early modern science, principally on mechanics, and on the philosophers A.B. Johnson and J.B. Stallo, both of whom influenced Drake's own philosophy of science.This collection is indeed a fitting tribute to the memory of one of Canada's most accomplished scholars.
Editions
Hardcover
With Trevor H. Levere (other contributor), N. M. Swerdlow (other contributor) |
from Univ of Toronto Pr (January 1, 2000)
9780802043443 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $78.00
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work.
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work.
from Univ of Toronto Pr (July 1, 1999)
9780802047168 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.50 × 8.50 in. | 6.15 lbs | List price $209.00
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
from Univ of Toronto Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780802006264 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.75 in. | 2.00 lbs | List price $90.00
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
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With Trevor H. Levere (other contributor), N. M. Swerdlow (other contributor) |
from Univ of Toronto Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780802043436 | details & prices | 380 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $68.00
About: For Forty Years, Beginning With The Publication Of The First Modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
About: For Forty Years, Beginning With The Publication Of The First Modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
Paperback
With Trevor H. Levere, N. M. Swerdlow |
from Univ of Toronto Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780802082886 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.25 × 4.25 in. | 4.80 lbs | List price $72.00
With Trevor H. Levere, N. M. Swerdlow |
from Univ of Toronto Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780802075857 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $34.95
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work of our age.
With Trevor H. Levere, N. M. Swerdlow |
from Univ of Toronto Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780802081643 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $26.95
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work.
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work.
With Trevor H. Levere, N. M. Swerdlow |
from Univ of Toronto Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780802081650 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $30.95
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work.
About: For forty years, beginning with the publication of the first modern English translation of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Stillman Drake was the most original and productive scholar of Galileo's scientific work.
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