Circular Argument: Descartes’ Vortices and Their Crafting as Explanations of Gravity

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science(Netherlands)

Volumn 19, Issue , 2005, Pages 81-97

  Dear, Peter ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary Object; Circular Motion; Heavy Body; Terrestrial Gravity; Vortex Motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924467719     PISSN: 18717381     EISSN: 22151958     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3703-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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