Aristotle, Galileo, and the Tower of Pisa

Автор: Lane Cooper
Издательство: Cornell University Press
Страниц: 107
Год: 1935
Размер: 3,46 МБ

PREFACE

The reasons why a person with my sort of training should write this book are given in the body of it. For the control of matters there which lie outside my usual fields of study I am deeply obliged by help from several of my friends and colleagues, among them, and particularly, Floyd K. Richtmyer, Professor of Physics, who has been patient enough to read all the manuscript with critical attention. One way and another, I believe I have made effectual use of every one of his queries and comments, including those that touched upon the arrangement of certain of the earlier paragraphs. Helpful suggestions have come to me from other sources, too, and I hope the book is the better for my use of them. For any shortcomings that may remain no one is responsible but the author, who nevertheless is rejoiced to think that this work is the first book to be formally accepted by the Council of the Cornell University Press for publication.