Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 37
• Θέματα: History.; Medicine > History.; History of Science.; History of Medicine.

This volume provides an introduction to Borelli’s theory on the movement of animals and demonstrates the nature of the energy of percussion, its causes, properties and effects. Building on and moving away from the theory of mechanics as formulated by Aristotle and Galileo, and countering objections...