Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography

by Stillman Drake

Book Overview

Detailed accounts, including many excerpts from Galileo's own writings, cover work on motion, mechanics, hydraulics, strength of materials, projectiles; construction of telescopes and pioneering... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226162265
• ISBN13: 9780226162263
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.