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Peter Machamer

Author of The Cambridge Companion to Galileo

12+ Works 214 Members

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Includes the name: Peter K. Machamer

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Works by Peter Machamer

The Cambridge Companion to Galileo (1998) 104 copies

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science (2002) — Editor — 49 copies

Scientific Controversies: Philosophical and Historical Perspectives (2000) 18 copies

Motion and time, space and matter: Interrelations in the history of philosophy and science (1976) 10 copies

Descartes's Changing Mind (2009) 9 copies

Science, values, and objectivity (2004) 6 copies

Studies in Perception: Interrelations in the History of Philosophy and Science (1978) 6 copies

Thinking about causes : from Greek philosophy to modern physics (2007) 4 copies

The Cambridge Companion to Galileo (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) (1998) 3 copies

Interpretation : ways of thinking about the sciences and the arts (2010) 2 copies

Theory and Method in the Neurosciences (Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in the Philosophy & History of Science) (2001) 2 copies

Eating, drinking and living well in Pittsburgh. Some idiosyncratic notes about city spots 1 copy

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The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: "From Doubt to Astonishment" (1610) — Contributor — 19 copies, 3 reviews

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Legal name: Machamer, Peter Kennedy
Birthdate: 1942-10-20
Gender: male
Education: University of Chicago
Trinity College, Cambridge
Columbia University
Occupations: philosopher
historian of science
university professor
Organizations: University of Pittsburgh
Ohio State University
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Associated Place (for map): Pennsylvania, USA

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Works: 12
Also by: 1
Members: 214
Popularity: #104,032
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 30

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