Ptolemy, Galileo, and scientific method

DOI10.1016/0039-3681(78)90002-XMaRDI QIDQ4173335zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stillman Drake

Publication date 1978

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-3681(78)90002-x

zbMATH Keywords

PtolemyGalileoAlmagestArchimedeScientific Method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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