Ballistic of Niccolo Tartaglia, Galilean Technoscience and Nanotechnoscience: Physics of Aristotle Through the Centuries

Abstract

Galileo Galilei was one of those who created this new science oriented to technical needs. He made the important step in the revision of the Aristotelian physics. But the Aristotelian conceptual structure remains not only in the Galilean technoscience, but also in the nanotechnoscience. The same conceptual structure was the basis of the ballistic as new engineering theory of Niccolo Tartaglia (1499/1500-1577). Galileo created more than a model of experimental activity; he demonstrated how to develop scientific knowledge so that it could be used for technical purposes. This approach became possible because Galileo's new science had its roots in technical practice and was oriented to it. In his new science, Galileo manipulated natural objects like the present-day engineer. However, Galileo's new style of scientific-engineering and engineering-scientific thought and action manifested itself mainly in the sphere of thought rather than in practical activity. Galileo's works paved the way for the formation of engineering thinking and activity in practice as well as theory. That is why his science was not only the embryo of the natural sciences but also engineering science and was really technoscience similar to modern technoscience (e.g. nanotechnoscience). This article is prepared for the project „From Galileo's technoscience to the nanotechnoscience (philosophical and methodological analysis)“ Nr. 13-03-00190 of the Russian Foundation for Humanities.