Metallurgy, Ballistics and Epistemic Instruments: The Nova scientia of Nicolò Tartaglia - A New Edition

• 第一著者: Matteo Valleriani (auth)
• フォーマット: 電子媒体 図書の章
• 言語: 英語
• 出版事項: Edition Open Access 2013
• シリーズ: Sources 6: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• 主題: Renaissance; violent motion; quadrant; MPRL; Edition Open Access; metallurgy; Tartaglia; mechanics; ballistics; artillery
• オンライン･アクセス: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 1537, Nicolò Tartaglia (1500-1557), a mathematician from Brescia, published "Nova scientia." It was this work that led to the foundation of the modern science of ballistics. Tartaglia's intention was to create a purely mathematical science based on axioms, which was fundamental to...