Galileo Galilei, His Life and His Works is a biographic of Galileo Galilei. The text accounts some of the most important moments of Galileo's life, along with his contribution in physics.
The first part of the text covers the major aspects of Galileo's. Part I details Galileo's life as a student, professor, courtier, and author. Part II covers the major works of Galileo, such as magnetism, weight of air, alloy analysis, materials strength, falling bodies, and natural oscillations.
The book will be of great interest to readers who have a keen interest in the history of physics.
Inhalt
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part 1. His Life
1. Curious Student
2. Research Professor
3. Clever Courtier
4. Popular Author
Bibliography
Part 2. His Works
5. Interpreting Sense Impressions
(a) Primary Qualities
(b) Mathematical Language
6. Continua - Mathematical and Physical
7. Magnetism
8. The Pump That Failed
9. Apparent Lightness
10. Weighing Air
11. Floating Ebony
12. Analyzing an Alloy
13. The Screw as a Machine
14. Strength of Materials
(a) Scaling
(b) Galileo's Problem
(c) Similar Beams
(d) A Cracked Column
(e) Tubes
15. Natural Oscillations
(a) Simple Pendulum
(b) Vibrating Freely
(c) Resonance
(d) Musical Intervals
16. Falling Bodies
(a) How Fast?
(b) Inertia
(c) A Thought Experiment
(d) The Medium's Role
(e) Changing Speed
(f) Projectiles
(g) Galileian Relativity
17. Spots on the Sun
18. New Moons
19. Parallax of a Star
20. Nature - God's Handiwork
Outline of Life and Works
Index