Tag Archives: Philosophy of Science

Galileo and Experimentation

Posted on January 19, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: National Weather Center. How do new instruments extend sensory perception, facilitate new experiments, shape new conceptions, raise new questions and promote quantitative methods? Galileo’s empirical investigations and innovative scientific instruments opened … Continue reading →

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The Galileo Affair

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. What went wrong? Does the Galileo affair represent an inevitable conflict between science and religion? Sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict, science and religion … Continue reading →

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The New Physics

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. How did Galileo create a mathematical physics? In 1638, Galileo published his masterwork of physics, Discourse on Two New Sciences. The two sciences were … Continue reading →

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Controversy over the Comets

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. What does it mean to say that mathematics is the language of nature? Galileo’s controversy over the comets illustrates how difficult it may be … Continue reading →

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