One hundred years of pressure : hydrostatics from Stevin to Newton
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One hundred years of pressure : hydrostatics from Stevin to Newton
(Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology, v. 51)
Springer, c2017
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This monograph investigates the development of hydrostatics as a science. In the process, it sheds new light on the nature of science and its origins in the Scientific Revolution. Readers will come to see that the history of hydrostatics reveals subtle ways in which the science of the seventeenth century differed from previous periods.
The key, the author argues, is the new insights into the concept of pressure that emerged during the Scientific Revolution. This came about due to contributions from such figures as Simon Stevin, Pascal, Boyle and Newton. The author compares their work with Galileo and Descartes, neither of whom grasped the need for a new conception of pressure. As a result, their contributions to hydrostatics were unproductive.
The story ends with Newton insofar as his version of hydrostatics set the subject on its modern course. He articulated a technical notion of pressure that was up to the task. Newton compared the mathematical way in hydrostatics and the experimental way, and sided with the former. The subtleties that lie behind Newton's position throws light on the way in which developments in seventeenth-century science simultaneously involved mathematization and experimentation.
This book serves as an example of the degree of conceptual change that new sciences often require. It will be of interest to those involved in the study of history and philosophy of science. It will also appeal to physicists as well as interested general readers.
目次
Chapter 1. The theoretical challenge posed for seventeenth century mechanics by fluids.Chapter 2. The background to Simon Stevin's hydrostatics.Chapter 3. Moving beyond Archimedes: The hydrostatics of Simon StevinChapter 4. Galileo, floating bodies and the balanceChapter 5. Descartes' engagement with hydrostaticsChapter 6. Pascal on the equilibrium of liquidsChapter 7. Experimenting with, and theorizing about, airChapter 8. Boyle and the concept of pressureChapter 9. Newton's hydrostatics: Pressure in a continuum, following Boyle, rather than corpuscle pressing on corpuscle, following Descartes.Chapter 10. Reflections on the role of theory and experiment in the emergence of hydrostaticsChapter 11. Reflections on the significance of the history of hydrostatics: What was revolutionary about the scientific revolution?
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