Thinking With Objects by Domenico Bertoloni Meli
The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century
A scholarly history of how seventeenth-century mechanics was transformed through engagement with concrete objects, instruments, and diagrams. It shows how practitioners reasoned with levers, balances, and other devices, using problem-solving, images, and material manipulation to connect artisanal practice, experiment, and mathematical theory, thereby redefining concepts such as force, motion, and equilibrium. By tracing the circulation of tools, images, and teaching practices, it reveals an object-centered mode of thinking that underpinned the emergence of a new science of mechanics.
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- 2006
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