Nova scientia inventa

by Niccolò Tartaglia

$65,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Colophon: Venice: Stefano dei Nicolini da Sabbio for the author, 1537. First edition of Tartaglia's most important work, the earliest attempt to apply mathematics to the motion of projectiles – it provided the foundation for Galileo’s studies of projectile motion and free fall. “The new science stands at the threshold of a new age in the history of mechanics” PMM .

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