Galileo and the equations of motion
Auteur :
Boccaletti, Dino
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783319367903
Date de publication :
23 août 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book is intended as a historical and critical study on the origin of the equations of motion as established in Newton's Principia. The central question that it aims to answer is whether it is indeed correct to ascribe to Galileo the inertia principle and the law of falling bodies.