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Tables of Contents for Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
vii
Part V Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
1
114
The Title Page and Preface of Galileo's Dialogue
5
18
The Organizing Theme of the Dialogue
23
15
Reexamining Galileo's Dialogue
38
20
Galileo Gleanings XVI: Semicircular Fall in the Dialogue
58
11
Galileo Gleanings XVII: The Question of Circular Inertia
69
17
The Tower Argument in the Dialogue
86
11
Galileo Gleanings X: Origin and Fate of Galileo's Theory of the Tides
97
10
History of Science and Tide Theories
107
8
Part VI Galileo: Motion and Mechanics, including the Discourses on Two New Sciences
115
262
Galileo and the Law of Inertia
121
13
The Concept of Inertia
134
13
Galileo's Experimental Confirmation of Horizontal Inertia: Unpublished Manuscripts (Galileo Gleanings XXII)
147
13
Galileo's Discovery of the Parabolic Trajectory (with J. MacLachan)
160
11
Galileo's New Science of Motion
171
16
Galileo's 1604 Fragment on Falling Bodies (Galileo Gleanings XVIII)
187
21
Uniform Acceleration, Space, and Time (Galileo Gleanings XIX)
208
25
The Uniform Motion Equivalent to a Uniformly Accelerated Motion from Rest (Galileo Gleanings XX)
233
15
Galileo's Discovery of the Law of Free Fall
248
17
Galileo Gleanings XXIII: Velocity and Eudoxian Proportion Theory
265
16
Galileo's Work on Free Fall in 1604
281
11
Mathematics and Discovery in Galileo's Physics
292
15
The Role of Music in Galileo's Experiments
307
9
New Light on a Galilean Claim about Pendulums
316
5
Galileo's Accuracy in Measuring Horizontal Projections
321
11
Galileo and Mathematical Physics
332
14
Galileo's Physical Measurements
346
11
Galileo's Constant
357
13
Galileo's Gravitational Units
370
7
Index
377
Illustrations follow page
232