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The Saturn Problem

Natural Philosophical Reputations and Commitments on the Line in 1660 Tuscany

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The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century

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  1. Department of History of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins Univeristy, USA

    Luciano Boschiero (Fellow)

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  1. University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Peter R. Anstey

  2. University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia

    John A. Schuster

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Boschiero, L. (2005). The Saturn Problem. In: Anstey, P.R., Schuster, J.A. (eds) The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3703-1_8

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