TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacLachlan,James
TI  - Galileo Galilei: First Physicist
T2  - Oxford Portraits in Science Series
SN  - 9780199762309
AV  - QB36.G2 .M335 1997 
U1  - 520/.92 B 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press, Incorporated
KW  - Galilei, Galileo,-1564-1642
KW  - Physicists-Italy-Biography
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction. The Science of Physics -- Chapter 1. Young Mathematician -- Sidebar: Equal Speeds of Fall -- Chapter 2. Professor at Padua -- Sidebar: Galileo's Explanation of the Tides -- Sidebar: Speed and Distance in Falling -- Chapter 3. New Wonders in the Sky -- Sidebar: Optics and Telescopes -- Chapter 4. Disputes in Philosophy and Science -- Sidebar: Floating on the Surface of Water -- Chapter 5. Galileo on Trial -- Sidebar: How Copernicus Simplified Ptolemy -- Sidebar: Scaling and the Strength of Bones -- Chapter 6. Galileo in History -- Appendix 1. The Motion of Projectiles -- Appendix 2. Measuring Motions -- Chronology -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
N2  - Galileo Galilei tells the story of the famous mathematician and the work he did to change the way we see the world. Although he was censored and imprisoned for his radical ideas about the motion of the earth, he persisted in his pursuit of scientific truths to bestow upon future generations the inspiration to challenge conventional views. His theories about the motions of falling bodies, his study of pendulums, and his important discoveries in astronomy are all explained in this volume and illustrated with photographs and diagrams
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