Mechanics and Natural Philosophy Before the Scientific Revolution

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Laird, Walter Roy (Editor), Roux, Sophie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 254
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy, Ancient.; Medieval philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Mathematics.; History.; Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Medieval Philosophy.; Classical Philosophy.

Modern mechanics was forged in the seventeenth century from materials inherited from Antiquity and transformed in the period from the Middle Ages through to the sixteenth century. These materials were transmitted through a number of textual traditions and within several disciplines and practices, in...