Emergence and Expansion of Preclassical Mechanics

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• Other Authors: Feldhay, Rivka (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Renn, Jürgen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schemmel, Matthias (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Valleriani, Matteo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 270
• Subjects: History.; Epistemology.; Philosophy.; Physics.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Technology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book is divided into two sections. The first section is concerned with the emergence and expansion of a form of mechanical knowledge defined by us as pre-classical mechanics. The definition purports to the period roughly between the 15th and the 17th century, before classical mechanics was form...