Galileo and prior philosophy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-136

  Atkinson, David ^a   Peijnenburg, Jeanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Falling bodies; Galileo; Thought experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342268300     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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