Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Boschiero, Luciano
Titre(s) : Experiment and natural philosophy in seventeenth-century Tuscany [Texte électronique] : the history of the Accademia del cimento / Luciano Boschiero
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer Verlag, 2007
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages
Collection : Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science ; v. 21
Note(s) : Title from e-book title screen (viewed Mar. 18, 2008). - Includes bibliographical references and index
The Accademia del Cimento (1657-1667) was the first institution in Europe purporting
to use an experimental method in its scientific inquiries. This work counters historiographies
that search for the origins of modern science within the experimental practices of
Europe's first scientific institutions, such as the Cimento
Sujet(s) : Philosophie
Sciences
Sociétés savantes et instituts
Sciences sociales
Sciences humaines
Accademia del Cimento
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781402062469
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446581698
Notice n° :
FRBNF44658169
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Front Matter; 350 Years of coming to grips with the experimental activities of Galileo
and his followers; Vincenzio Viviani (1622-1703): Galileo's last disciple; Giovanni
Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679); What it meant to be a Cimento academician; Experiments
concerning air pressure and the void and a look at the Accademia's internal workings;
The artificial freezing process of liquids, and the properties and effects of heat
and cold; The Cimento's publication process and presentational techniques: formulating
a policy of self-censorship.
