Article ID: CBB000933623

El atomismo inane de Galileo (2007)

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Seventeenth century atomism envisioned Nature as a set of mechanical systems to be treated mathemati-cally. But the basic discontinuity of atomic theory of matter appeared inconsistent with the essential con-tinuous character of geometrical magnitudes. In his old age Galileo devised a way to unify mathematics and physics via composing matter and continuous magnitudes out of an infinity of indivisible (atomic) units. Even though he forwarded the analysis of infinite sets, he couldn't establish a calculus to compute and compare different accelerated motions. In physics he never solved the basic problem of condensation and rarefaction of substances. But the side results were interesting and even fascinating. Keywords: atomism, mathematics, continuum, condensation and rarefaction, Seventeenth-century science, Galileo.

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Authors & Contributors
Giannetto, Enrico
Shea, William R.
Rommevaux, Sabine
Ponzio, Paolo
Palmerino, Carla Rita
Nonnoi, Giancarlo
Concepts
Atomism
Physics
Philosophy
Mathematics
Natural philosophy
Light
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Medieval
Places
Italy
Europe
England
Institutions
Accademia del Cimento, Florence
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