{"product_id":"thinking-with-objects-the-transformation-of-mechanics-in-the-seventeenth-century-9780801884276","title":"Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking with Objects \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a fresh view of the transformation that took place in mechanics during the 17th century. By giving center stage to objects--levers, inclined planes, beams, pendulums, springs, and falling and projected bodies--Domenico Bertoloni Meli provides a unique and comprehensive portrayal of mechanics as practitioners understood it at the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertoloni Meli reexamines such major texts as Galileo's \u003ci\u003eDialogues Concerning Two New Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e, Descartes'\u003ci\u003e Principles of Philosophy, \u003c\/i\u003e and Newton's \u003ci\u003ePrincipia\u003c\/i\u003e, and in them finds a reliance on objects that has escaped proper understanding. From Pappus of Alexandria to Guidobaldo dal Monte, Bertoloni Meli sees significant developments in the history of mechanical experimentation, all of them crucial for understanding Galileo. Bertoloni Meli uses similarities and tensions between dal Monte and Galileo as a springboard for exploring the revolutionary nature of seventeenth-century mechanics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining objects helps us appreciate the shift from the study to the practice of mechanics and challenges artificial dichotomies among practical and conceptual pursuits, mathematics, and experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Domenico Bertoloni Meli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.30w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801884276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDomenico Bertoloni Meli\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and philosophy of science at Indiana University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136298266739,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f330802e-321b-4b91-878a-da59e2361000.jpg?v=1654263022","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/thinking-with-objects-the-transformation-of-mechanics-in-the-seventeenth-century-9780801884276","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}