Two New Sciences

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Two New Sciences is Galileo Galilei’s foundational 1638 work that laid the groundwork for classical mechanics by analyzing motion, kinematics, and the strength of materials.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
physics book
scientific treatise
author Galileo Galilei
bannedIn Papal States
completionYear 1637
countryOfPublication Netherlands
dealsWith center of gravity
fracture of beams
infinite series
law of falling bodies
parabolic trajectories
scaling laws
field materials science
mechanics
physics
firstScience strength of materials
genre mathematics
natural philosophy
hasEnglishTranslation Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
hasPart First Day
Fourth Day
Second Day
Third Day
influenced Isaac Newton
development of classical mechanics
engineering mechanics
language Italian
mainCharacter Sagredo
Salviati
Simplicio
notableFor foundational work in mechanics
systematic use of experiments and mathematics
numberOfParts 4
originalTitle Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienze
placeOfPublication Leiden NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1638
publisher Elsevier
secondScience motion of bodies
structure dialogue
subject classical mechanics
falling bodies
kinematics
mathematical physics
motion
projectile motion
strength of materials
writtenDuring Galileo Galilei's house arrest

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Two New Sciences ("Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences")
hasEnglishTranslation
Galileo Galilei
knownFor
Galileo Galilei ("Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences")
notableWork
Two New Sciences ("Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienze")
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