Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical Introduction

Pedersen, Olaf

ISBN 10: 0521408997 / ISBN 13: 9780521408998

Edité par Cambridge University Press (edition Revised), 2009

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Titre : Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical ...

Éditeur : Cambridge University Press (edition Revised)

Date d'édition : 2009

Reliure : Paperback

Etat : Very Good

Edition : Revised.

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Synopsis :

The book describes how the scientific account of the world arose among the Greeks and developed in the Middle Ages.

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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.