Thought Experiments and Inertial Motion: A Golden Thread in the Development of Mechanics

The history of mechanics has been extensively investigated in a number of historical works. The full story from the Greeks and medievals through the Scientific Revolution to the modern era is long and complex. But it is also incomplete. Studies to date have been admirably thorough in putting empiric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mark Shumelda, James Robert Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2009-10-01
Series:Rivista di Estetica
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1838