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Galileo Reappraised
 9780520345157, 0520345150

Table of contents :
THE CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
I. GALILEO, MAN OF LETTERS
II. GALILEO AND HIS PRECURSORS
III. THE RATIONALE OF GALILEO'S RELIGIOUSNESS
IV. THE PROBLEM OF FORCE IN GALILEO'S PHYSICS
V. PUMPS AND PENDULA: GALILEO AND TECHNOLOGY

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