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Borelli's on the Movement of Animals - on the Natural Motions Resulting from …
This volume provides an introduction to Borelli’s theory on the movement of animals and describes his theory and scientific experiments relating to the natural movements of bodies in a fluid environment. It describes in great detail why and how bodies which present with different magnitudes, weights and shapes move at a greater or a smaller velocity in certain proportion in the fluid environm…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-08536-4
- Collation
- XIV, 292
- Series Title
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
- Call Number
- 900
Borelli's on the Movement of Animals - on the Force of Percussion
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 expressed by Stephani degli Angeli among others, Borelli presents a completely mechanical accoun…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-08497-8
- Collation
- XXXVIII, 220
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900
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