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Nova scientia

The New Science

Nova scientia

Niccolò Tartaglia

Italian

1537

116 pages

Natural Philosophy Classical Philosophy Mathematics

First Complete Translation

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

While substantial portions of Niccolò Tartaglia's 'La Nova Scientia' (1537) were translated by Stillman Drake and I.E. Drabkin in their 1969 anthology 'Mechanics in Sixteenth-Century Italy', this was a partial translation focusing on Books I and II. No record of a complete, standalone English translation of the entire three-book work exists in the searched catalogs.

Related translations found:

The New Science (in Mechanics in Sixteenth-Century Italy), trans. Stillman Drake and I.E. Drabkin (1969) [partial]

Verified Mar 8, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, ustc, google books · methodology

Natural Philosophy & Science Classical Philosophy Mathematics & Sacred Number

About This Book

mathematicsmilitarynatural-philosophyhistory

Before Galileo, there was Tartaglia—the man who turned the battlefield into a geometric laboratory. Discover the foundational text of ballistics that first proved why cannonballs fly in arcs and why 45 degrees is the secret to maximum range.

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Major Themes

geometry48pballistics47pNiccolò Tartaglia40pEuclide31pEuclid26pviolent motion24pnatural motion21psurveying18porizonte18ptrajectory15p

1537p. 12, p. 13, p. 24, p. 105

45 degreesp. 16, p. 17, p. 48, p. 66, p. 70

45 gradip. 17, p. 70

45-degree anglep. 15, p. 20, p. 71

accelerationp. 33, p. 34, p. 35, p. 36, p. 37

aerep. 27, p. 28, p. 31

algebrap. 74, p. 75

altezzap. 37, p. 89, p. 90, p. 93, p. 95, p. 96, p. 101

altezzep. 33, p. 36

angoli rettip. 54, p. 55, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58

angolop. 65, p. 78

angolo rettop. 48, p. 61, p. 63, p. 67, p. 68, p. 72, p. 79

arcp. 55, p. 61, p. 68

arcop. 55, p. 56, p. 61, p. 63, p. 68

Aristotelian physicsp. 27, p. 31, p. 34, p. 42, p. 49

Aristotilep. 22, p. 28, p. 29, p. 30

Aristotlep. 22, p. 28, p. 29, p. 30

art of firesp. 14, p. 22

artegliariap. 15, p. 17, p. 20, p. 21, p. 82

artilleryp. 13, p. 15, p. 17, p. 19, p. 20, p. 21, p. 82

artillery elevationp. 16, p. 21

Auicenap. 14, p. 22, p. 27

Avicennap. 14, p. 22, p. 27

ballisticap. 53, p. 71

bleed-throughp. 25, p. 26

body of equal weightp. 39, p. 40

bombardierp. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 17

bombardierep. 15, p. 20

bombardierip. 17, p. 19, p. 20, p. 23, p. 24, p. 103

bombardierop. 14, p. 21, p. 22

carpenter's squarep. 78, p. 79, p. 80, p. 81

center of the worldp. 34, p. 47, p. 50

cerchiop. 55, p. 56, p. 72, p. 81

chordp. 65, p. 68

circonferentiap. 55, p. 56, p. 58, p. 59, p. 60, p. 61, p. 62, p. 63+2 more

circumferencep. 55, p. 59, p. 61, p. 63

compassp. 79, p. 80

compassop. 78, p. 79, p. 80, p. 81

cordap. 65, p. 68

corpi grauip. 33, p. 36, p. 46

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Bodleian Library MS. D'Orville 301via Euclid

Related works (7)

The Elements of GeometryEuclid; ed. Johannes CampanusTangent, Tangent, Euclid, Right Angle, Venice The ElementsEuclidTangent, Tangent, Euclid, Euclid, Right Angle Heronis Alexandrini Opera quae supersunt omnia Vol. 4 - Definitiones (Teubner 1912)Hero of Alexandria; Johann Ludwig Heiberg (ed.)Tangent, Euclid, Euclid, Euclid, Right Angle Epitome of Ptolemy's AlmagestJohannes Regiomontanus (1436-1476)Euclid, Euclid, Venice, Venice, Libra Dimostrationi HarmonicheGioseffo ZarlinoEuclid, Euclid, Brescia, Venice, Venice The History of the Two WorldsRobert FluddEuclid, Brescia, Venice, Violent motion, Natural Motion The Notebooks of Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci (ed. Jean Paul Richter)Euclid, Euclid, Brescia, Venice, Venice

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