Experimental History of Science: Galileo's Experiments with Pendulums

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2007
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To explore Galileo’s innovative methodology, I have repeated most of his path-breaking experiments with pendulums; I have investigated the robustness of pendulum effects, otherwise difficult to capture, with computer simulations; and I have repeated crucial calculations done by Galileo. In this paper, I will relate the discoveries that I made, and emphasize their significance for our understanding of Galileo’s innovative methodology.
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renaissance and early modern, experiment, physics, philosophy, physics,
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Preprint, http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/3549/
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