Mental models in Galileo's early mathematization of nature

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-264

  Palmieri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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