TY - JOUR T1 - Galileo and Huygens on free fall: Mathematical and methodological ifferences JF - Dynamis Y1 - 2008 A1 - Ducheyne, Steffen AB -

In this essay, I will scrutinize the differences between Galileo's and Huygens's demonstrations of free fall, which can be found respectively in the Discorsi and the Horologium, from a mathematical, representational and methodological perspective. I argue that more can be learnt from such an analysis than the thesis that Huygens re-styled Galilean mechanics which is a communis opinio. I shall argue that the differences in their approach on free fall highlight a significantly different mathematical and methodological outlook.

VL - 28 SP - 243–274 ER -