print email comment close Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion URL: http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/Galileo_Prototype/ Description: Galileo's manuscript Ms. Gal. 72 is important for the study of the transition from Aristotelian to classical physics. This electronic publication contains notes, calculations, drawings, and drafts related to theorems and problems on motion and mechanics covering more than 40 years and eventually published in his final work on mechanics, the "Discorsi" of 1638. Included are English translations of the Propositions of the "Discorsi." Publisher: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence; Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence; Max Pla Extra Keywords notablemathematicians notablephysicists Library of Congress Subject Headings: Astronomers Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Mathematicians People Physicists LII Database Information: Record 14409 created by Dana Evans on 09/24/1999 Last modification on 05/24/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 02/23/2006 Published: 09/24/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14409