Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical IntroductionCUP Archive, 11 mar 1993 - 413 pagine The book is an introductory exposition of the development of the physical and astronomical notions of the universe. It covers the period from Greek antiquity to the Copernican revolution and the Renaissance, half of the text being devoted to medieval science within both the Aristotelian and the Archimedean traditions. The book is intended for a general audience interested in intellectual and scientific developments, but should also be useful as a guide to further studies. Thus it has an extensive bibliography classifying much of the secondary literature on the subject, and also a sixty page 'dictionary' of all the scientists and philosophers mentioned in the text. This contains references to printed editions of the sources and to a selection of books and periodicals. |
Sommario
Science Before the Greeks | 1 |
The New Concept of Nature | 10 |
Plato and Greek Mathematics | 21 |
Aristotle and the Knowledge of Nature | 28 |
Practical Astronomy | 34 |
Early Greek Cosmology | 51 |
Mathematical Astronomy | 59 |
The Foundation of Statics | 90 |
The Transmission of Greek Science | 150 |
Experimental Physics in the Middle Ages | 171 |
The Development of Statics | 185 |
The Establishment of Kinematics | 191 |
Force and Motion in the Middle Ages | 202 |
Mediaeval Astronomy | 214 |
The Change Called Renaissance | 246 |
The Reform of Astronomy | 260 |
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Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical Introduction Olaf Pedersen,Mogens Pihl Visualizzazione estratti - 1974 |
Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical Introduction Olaf Pedersen,Mogens Pihl Visualizzazione estratti - 1974 |
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