{"product_id":"9789401797092","title":"History of Mechanism and Machine Science: Selections from Quesiti et inventioni diverse: Books VII–VIII","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHistory of Mechanism and Machine Science: Selections from Quesiti et inventioni diverse: Books VII–VIII\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePisano, Raffaele; Capecchi, Danilo\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a historical and scientific analysis as historical epistemology of the science of weights and mechanics in the sixteenth century, particularly as developed by Tartaglia in his \u003ci\u003eQuesiti et inventioni diverse,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook VII\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBook VIII \u003c\/i\u003e(1546; 1554). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 16th century mechanics was concerned mainly with what is now called statics and was referred to as the \u003ci\u003eScientia de ponderibus\u003c\/i\u003e, generally pursued by two very different approaches. The first was usually referred to as Aristotelian, where the equilibrium of bodies was set as a balance of opposite tendencies to motion. The second, usually referred to as Archimedean, identified statics with \u003ci\u003ecentrobarica\u003c\/i\u003e, the theory of centres of gravity based on symmetry considerations. In between the two traditions the Italian scholar Niccolò Fontana, better known as Tartaglia (1500?–1557), wrote the treatise \u003ci\u003eQuesiti et inventioni diverse\u003c\/i\u003e (1546).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume consists of three main parts. In the first, a historical excursus regarding Tartaglia’s lifetime, his scientific production and the \u003ci\u003eScientia de ponderibus\u003c\/i\u003e in the Arabic-Islamic culture, and from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, is presented. Secondly, all the propositions of \u003ci\u003eBooks VII\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVIII\u003c\/i\u003e, by relating them with the \u003ci\u003eProblemata mechanica\u003c\/i\u003e by the Aristotelian school and \u003ci\u003eIordani opvsculvm de ponderositate\u003c\/i\u003e by Jordanus de Nemore are examined within the history and historical epistemology of science. The last part is relative to the original texts and critical transcriptions into Italian and Latin and an English translation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work gathers and re-evaluates the current\u003c\/p\u003e thinking on this subject. It brings together contributions from two distinguished experts in the history and historical epistemology of science, within the fields of physics, mathematics and engineering. It also gives much-needed insight into the subject from historical and scientific points of view. The volume composition makes for absorbing reading for historians, epistemologists, philosophers and scientists.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2015-09-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401797092\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-9710-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 504\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47667450577036,"sku":"9789401797092","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401797092.jpg?v=1776454349","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789401797092","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}