This paper deals with two case studies： （a） The role played by geometry and physical objects in Galileo＇s Theoremata Circa Centrum Gravitatis Solidorum comparing with Archimedean approach-mental experiments, and m...This paper deals with two case studies： （a） The role played by geometry and physical objects in Galileo＇s Theoremata Circa Centrum Gravitatis Solidorum comparing with Archimedean approach-mental experiments, and method of composition and de-composition, circumscribed and inscribed figures on centre of gravity studies; （b） The complex network of relations, which in Mysterium Cosmographicum, links the experimental part of astronomy to the theoretical aspect and, in the case of Kepler, the metaphysical aspect. The authors focus their efforts on understanding why Kepler reached such a strange, genial and original connection between practice and theory. The aim of this paper is to discuss the relationship between physics-mathematics （-metaphysics） and between experiments-observations-theory in the work of two scientists, Galileo and Kepler.展开更多
文摘This paper deals with two case studies： （a） The role played by geometry and physical objects in Galileo＇s Theoremata Circa Centrum Gravitatis Solidorum comparing with Archimedean approach-mental experiments, and method of composition and de-composition, circumscribed and inscribed figures on centre of gravity studies; （b） The complex network of relations, which in Mysterium Cosmographicum, links the experimental part of astronomy to the theoretical aspect and, in the case of Kepler, the metaphysical aspect. The authors focus their efforts on understanding why Kepler reached such a strange, genial and original connection between practice and theory. The aim of this paper is to discuss the relationship between physics-mathematics （-metaphysics） and between experiments-observations-theory in the work of two scientists, Galileo and Kepler.
