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Honore Fabri and the Concept of Impetus: A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks - Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Michael Elazar 2011 edition
Honore Fabri and the Concept of Impetus: A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks - Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Michael Elazar
This book discusses the impetus-based physics of the Jesuit natural philosopher and mathematician Honore Fabri (1608-1688), a senior representative of Jesuit scientists during the period between Galileo's death (1642) and Newton's Principia (1687).
262 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography