Experiments, Mathematics, Physical Causes: How Mersenne Came to Doubt the Validity of Galileo's Law of Free Fall

DOI10.1162/posc.2010.18.1.50zbMath1292.01049OpenAlexW2002602825MaRDI QIDQ5171461

Carla Rita Palmerino

Publication date: 27 July 2014

Published in: Perspectives on Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1162/posc.2010.18.1.50

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

Cites Work

• On the Frontlines of the Scientific Revolution: How Mersenne Learned to Love Galileo
• Gassendi's Reinterpretation of the Galilean Theory of Tides
• Free fall from Albert of Saxony to Honoré Fabri

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