‘Waterworld’: Descartes’ Vortical Celestial Mechanics: A Gambit in the Natural Philosophical Contest of the Early Seventeenth Century

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science(Netherlands)

Volumn 19, Issue , 2005, Pages 35-79

  Schuster, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Star; Heavy Body; Local Vortex; Simple Machine; Surface Envelope

Indexed keywords

EID: 85144955520     PISSN: 18717381     EISSN: 22151958     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3703-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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