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...

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Main Author: Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso, 1608-1679 (Author)
Other Authors: Maquet M., Paul (Translator), Maquet, Paul, (Harvard local name) (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, ©2015
Cham : [2015]
Series:Studies in history and philosophy of science (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 37
Studies in history and philosophy of science (Dordrecht, Netherlands) v. 37
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Stanford University

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Call Number: QP301 .B67 2015

Harvard University

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Call Number: QP301 .B6649 2015x
QP301 .B6713 2015