First Day

E158709

First Day is the opening section of Galileo Galilei’s work "Two New Sciences," in which he introduces foundational discussions on the strength of materials and the nature of scientific inquiry.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
First Day canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book section ⓘ
dialogue ⓘ
author Galileo Galilei ⓘ
containedIn Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences ⓘ
linked to: Two New Sciences
discusses kinematics foundations ⓘ
nature of scientific inquiry ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
strength of materials ⓘ
exploresConcept empirical observation in science ⓘ
failure of large structures ⓘ
geometrical similarity ⓘ
proportionality between size and strength ⓘ
role of mathematics in natural philosophy ⓘ
scaling laws ⓘ
featuresCharacter Sagredo ⓘ
Salviati ⓘ
Simplicio ⓘ
genre early modern scientific literature ⓘ
hasTheme critique of Aristotelian physics ⓘ
importance of experiment ⓘ
mathematization of nature ⓘ
historicalContext early 17th century science ⓘ
influencedField modern mechanics ⓘ
structural engineering ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
literaryForm dialogue among three interlocutors ⓘ
openingSectionOf Two New Sciences ⓘ
originalTitle Prima giornata ⓘ
partOf Two New Sciences ⓘ
precedes Second Day ⓘ
setIn Venice ⓘ
subjectArea materials science ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
workType scientific dialogue ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Two New Sciences → hasPart → First Day ⓘ