Reflections on Men and Ideas

by Giorgio De Santillana

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Contents:"Man Without Letters." Newton, the Enigma. Paolo Toscanelli and His Friends. Alessandro Volta. Galileo Today. Necessity, Contingency, and Natural Law. Prologue to Parmenides. Galileo and Oppenheimer. The Role of Art in the Scientific Renaissance. The Italian Novel Today—A Note on Realism. The Seventeenth-Century Legacy: Our Mirror of Being. Philolaos in Limbo, Or: What Happened to the Pythagoreans? Paralipomena of the Future. Vico and Descartes. Eudodux and Plato: A Study in show more Chronology. "Scientific Rationalism." Einstein (pour le decennal de sa mort). Les Grandes Doctrines Cosmologiques. De Bruno a Leibnitz. Postface a Galilee; Les Suites de l'Affaire. La Storia da Riscrivere. Fato Antico—Fato Moderno. Salvemini. Il Rovescio della Medaglia. show less

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Giorgio De Santillana
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Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science & Nature, History, General Nonfiction
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108 — Philosophy and Psychology Philosophy Groups of people
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B29 .D42 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General)
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