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The Problem of Falling Bodies — from Galilei to Lagrange

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Almost all of those who have advanced the science of mechanics, and certainly Newton, Euler and Lagrange, agree in regarding Galilei’s work on the subject as fundamental — mainly on account of its having provided dynamics with a broad and solid foundation. In this particular respect, Descartes constitutes one of the very few exceptions.

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  1. The present essay was prepared under the auspices of the research project Antike in der Moderne, which was funded by the Stiftung Volkswagenwerk, Hanover, and directed by Prof. Dr Imre Toth in Regensburg, Germany.

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Moretto, A. (1993). The Problem of Falling Bodies — from Galilei to Lagrange. In: Petry, M.J. (eds) Hegel and Newtonianism. Archives Internationales D’Histoire Des Idées / International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol 136. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1662-6_22

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