Category Archives: The New Physics

Galileo’s inclined plane

Posted on July 12, 2025 by admin

OU Inclined Plane The Galileo Inclined Plane working replica that was expertly crafted by Ron Mitchell for the OU Galileo’s World exhibit back in 2015 is urgently in need of a new home. It is a beautiful work of art … Continue reading →

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Plato 1491

Posted on September 4, 2024 by admin

Plato, Diuus Plato (Venice, 1491), ed. Marsilio Ficino (“The Divine Plato”). In his dialogue entitled The Timaeus, Plato taught that the cosmos is constructed from regular geometrical figures known as the Pythagorean solids. Whenever one finds an emphasis upon mathematical … Continue reading →

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Newton 1687

Posted on August 29, 2024 by admin

Isaac Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (London, 1687) The Copernican idea that the Earth moves as a planet required a thorough revision of physics. Galileo undertook this task in his Discourse on Two New Sciences, published 80 years after Copernicus. … 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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