The cognitive development of Galileo's theory of buoyancy

DOI10.1007/s00407-004-0089-2zbMath1067.01005OpenAlexW1972608536MaRDI QIDQ1775426

Paolo Palmieri

Publication date: 3 May 2005

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-004-0089-2

zbMATH Keywords

Galileohydrostaticscognitive developmentArchimedefloating broliestheory of buoyancy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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