Two philosophers with views of Galileo's achievement: Husserl and Lonergan.
An interesting story here is Koyré, first as student of Husserl and then as critical interlocutor.
Descartes on Galileo.
Celestial mechanics after 1805 (modernity) non-Euclidean geometry; statistical thermodynamics; Maxwell
Celestial mechanics after 1905 (Einstein et al) Bohr,Hubble, cosmology, big bang, inflation, dark matter
Celestial mechanics after 2005 (Smolin et al) Gravity Probe B
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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