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Peter Machamer

Author of The Cambridge Companion to Galileo

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Includes the name: Peter K. Machamer

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Works by Peter Machamer

The Cambridge Companion to Galileo (1998) 86 copies

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science (2002) — Editor — 47 copies

Scientific Controversies: Philosophical and Historical Perspectives (1999) 18 copies

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

Descartes's Changing Mind (2009) 8 copies

Science, values, and objectivity (2004) 6 copies

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

Thinking about causes : from Greek philosophy to modern physics (2007) 2 copies

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

Associated Works

The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: "From Doubt to Astonishment" (1610) — Contributor — 16 copies

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Common Knowledge

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

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Works: 11
Also by: 1
Members: 189
Popularity: #115,306
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 29

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