Università Roma Tre

Mechanics, astronomy and cosmology; technology and scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.

Besides the texts and articles that will be provided during the classes,

two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006


Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.