@misc{10481/77577,
year = {2008},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/77577},
abstract = {In this essay, I will scrutinize the differences between Galileo’s and Huygens’s demonstrations
of free fall, which can be found respectively in the Discorsi and the Horologium,
from a mathematical, representational and methodological perspective. I argue that more can
be learnt from such an analysis than the thesis that Huygens re-styled Galilean mechanics which
is a communis opinio. I shall argue that the differences in their approach on free fall highlight
a significantly different mathematical and methodological outlook.},
publisher = {Universidad de Granada},
keywords = {Huygens},
keywords = {Galileo},
keywords = {Caída libre},
keywords = {Mecánica},
keywords = {Filosofía natural del siglo XVII},
keywords = {Horologium Oscillatorium},
keywords = {Discorsi},
keywords = {Free fall},
keywords = {Mechanics},
keywords = {XVIIth century natural philosophy},
title = {Galileo and Huygens on free fall: Mathematical and methodological differences},
author = {Ducheyne, Steffen},
}