Book ID: CBB001252615

Tra atomi e indivisibili: la materia ambigua di Galileo (2011)

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Galluzzi, Paolo (Author)


Leo S. Olschki


Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: Based on a presentation given at a conference held in Rome in 2010.
Physical Details: 147 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: Italian

A long tradition of studies has generally accepted that, after an initial explicit adhesion to Democritus' physical atomism, Galileo's concept of matter developed into the mathematical theory of the continuum illustrated in his Discorsi of 1638. The analysis carried out in this volume suggests that these two different interpretative models of the structure of matter were not considered by Galileo as alternative, but co-existed from the very beginning of his intellectual activity and were regarded by him as perfectly equivalent.

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Authors & Contributors
Lüthy, Christoph H.
Palmerino, Carla Rita
Giannetto, Enrico
Sciaccaluga, Nicoletta
Nonnoi, Giancarlo
Newman, William Royall
Concepts
Physics
Atomism
Matter theory
Natural philosophy
Motion (physical)
Light
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Ancient
Early modern
Renaissance
Medieval
Places
Italy
England
Greece
Institutions
Accademia del Cimento, Florence
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