William A. Wallace demonstrates the importance of two early manuscripts
of Galileo dismissed by earlier researchers as juvenile exercises.
Analyzing all his scientific writings from the late 1580s to 1610 and
from 1610 to 1640, this book illuminates both the sources and the
evolution of Galileo's thought.
Originally published in 1984.
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