The language of nature reassessing the mathematization of natural philosophy in the 17th century Gorham, Geoffrey 1964- editor. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. History. mnu Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press [2016] 2016 monographic eng remote 1 online resource Introduction / Geoffrey Gorham, Benjamin Hill, and Edward Slowik -- Reading the book of nature : the ontological and epistemological underpinnings of Galileo's mathematical realism / Carla Rita Palmerino -- "The marriage of physics with mathematics" : Francis Bacon on measurement, mathematics, and the construction of a mathematical physics / Dana Jalobeanu -- On the mathematization of free fall : Galileo, Descartes, and a history of misconstrual / Richard T.W. Arthur -- The mathematization of nature in Descartes and the first Cartesians / Roger Ariew -- Laws of nature and the mathematics of motion / Daniel Garber -- Ratios, quotients, and the language of nature / Douglas Jesseph -- Color by numbers : the harmonious palette in early modern painting / Eileen Reeves -- The role of mathematical practitioners and mathematical practice in developing mathematics as the language of nature / Lesley B. Cormack -- Leibniz on order and the notion of substance : mathematizing the sciences of metaphysics and physics / Kurt Smith -- Leibniz's harlequinade : nature, infinity, and the limits of mathematization / Justin E.H. Smith -- The geometrical method as a new standard of truth, based on the mathematization of nature / Ursula Goldenbaum -- Philosophical geometers and geometrical philosophers / Christopher Smeenk. Geoffrey Gorham [and three others], editors. Includes bibliographical references and index. Mathematics Philosophy Mathematics Philosophy History 17th century Physics Philosophy Physics Philosophy History 17th century Mathématiques Philosophie Mathématiques Philosophie Histoire 17e siècle Physique Philosophie Physique Philosophie Histoire 17e siècle MATHEMATICS Essays MATHEMATICS Pre-Calculus MATHEMATICS Reference Mathematics Philosophy Physics Philosophy 1600-1699 fast QC7 .L224 2016 510.1 Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; volume 20 Language of nature Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016] (DLC) 2015036898 (OCoLC)928613622 9781452951843 1452951845 9780816699506 9780816699896 22573/ctt1d2tms0 JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctt1d390rg P@U 151125 20230103223343.0 in00004634948 eng