{"product_id":"9783319085357","title":"Studies in History and Philosophy of Science","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStudies in History and Philosophy of Science\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBorelli, Giovanni Alfonso; Maquet, Paul\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides an introduction to Borelli’s theory on the movement of animals and describes his theory and scientific experiments relating to the natural movements of bodies in a fluid environment. It describes in great detail why and how bodies which present with different magnitudes, weights and shapes move at a greater or a smaller velocity in certain proportion in the fluid environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Italian in 1667, then translated into Latin in 1686, the text of this volume has now been translated into English, making the text accessible to a wide readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the second of two volumes that contain the Introduction and physical-mathematical illustrations necessary to understand Giovanni Alfonso Borelli’s work \u003ci\u003eOn the Movement of Animals,\u003c\/i\u003e the founding text of seventeenth century biomechanics. The first volume, entitled \u003ci\u003eOn the Force of Percussion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates the nature of the energy of percussion, its causes, properties and effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2014-11-03\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319085357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-08536-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 292\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44499559317644,"sku":"9783319085357","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319085357.jpg?v=1775709861","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319085357","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}