Book ID: CBB107441307

Going Underground: The Science and History of Falling through the Earth (2019)

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Beech, Martin (Author)


World Scientific


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 290
Language: English

This book follows the historical trail by which humanity has determined the shape and internal structure of the Earth. It is a story that bears on aspects of the history of science, the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. At the heart of the narrative is the important philosophical practice of performing thought experiments — that is, the art of considering an idealized experiment in the mind. This powerful technique has been used by all the great historical practitioners of science and mathematics, and this book looks specifically at the long history of considering what would happen if an object could be dropped into a tunnel that cuts all the way through the Earth's interior. Indeed, the story begins with a historical whodunit, tracing back through the historical literature the origins of what is now a classic, textbook problem in simple harmonic motion.

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Review Todd K. Timberlake (2020) Review of "Going Underground: The Science and History of Falling through the Earth". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 287-288). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Leyla M. Farkhutdinova
Edward P.F. Rose
Anvar M. Farkhutdinov
Hadeel Assali
Mamdani, Mahmood
Valentina De Santi
Concepts
Earth sciences
Earth (planet)
Geology
Astronomy
Historical geology; theory of the earth
Natural philosophy
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
17th century
21st century
Places
Italy
Malta
Naples (Italy)
Palestine
Netherlands
Russia
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