William R. Shea
Forfatter af Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius
Om forfatteren
William R. Shea graduated from the University of Cambridge. He taught at the University of Ottawa, McGill University, and the University of Strasbourg before joining the faculty at the University of Padua in 2003. He is the author, co-author or editor of over 30 books including Galileo's vis mere Intellectual Revolution and The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of René Descartes. His book Designing Experiments and Games of Chance: The Unconventional Science of Blaise Pascal won the Library Association Award as one of the outstanding academic books of 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af William R. Shea
Designing experiments & games of change: the unconventional science of Blaise Pascal (2003) 5 eksemplarer
Papers deriving from the Third International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science, Montreal, Canada,… (1982) 5 eksemplarer
Basic Issues in the Philosophy of Science (Canadian Contemporary Philosophy Series) (1976) 4 eksemplarer
Nature Mathematized Historical and Philosophical Case Studies in Classical Modern Natural Philosophy (2012) 3 eksemplarer
Copernico: un rivoluzionario prudente 2 eksemplarer
Selected Writings 1 eksemplar
Galileo Interviewed 1 eksemplar
La magia de los números y el movimiento: La carrera científica de Descartes (Alianza Universidad (Au)) (Spanish… (1993) 1 eksemplar
Galileo: Selected Writings 1 eksemplar
Marin Mersenne : Galileo's traduttore-traditore 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science (1986) — Bidragyder — 178 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Shea, William Rene
- Fødselsdato
- 1937-05-16
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Fødested
- Quebec, Canada
- Bopæl
- Quebec, Canada
England, UK
Italy - Uddannelse
- University of Cambridge
- Erhverv
- historian
philosopher of science - Organisationer
- University of Ottawa
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
University of Strasbourg
University of Padua
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 23
- Also by
- 2
- Medlemmer
- 200
- Popularitet
- #110,008
- Vurdering
- 3.7
- Anmeldelser
- 2
- ISBN
- 33
- Sprog
- 4