Bodies and media : on the motion of inanimate objects in Aristotle's Physics and On the heavens /: on the motion of inanimate objects in Aristotle's Physics and On the heavens. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ido Yavetz.
• Authors: Yavetz, Ido, 1952-
• Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- General Plan of the Essay -- Chapter 1: The Three Levels of Aristotle?s Theory of Material Bodies in Forced Motion -- Chapter 2: Heaviness, Lightness, Sinking and Floating -- Chapter 3: Some Refinements of the Basic Theory -- Chapter 4: The Dynamics of Balance: The Winch and the Lever in the Pseudo Aristotelian Mechanical Problems -- Chapter 5: Hipparchus on the theory of Prolonged Motion.- Appendix 1: Do Heavy Objects become Heavier as they Approach their Natural Place? -- Appendix 2: A Threshold of Motion in Time, as well as in Force? -- Appendix 3: A Mathematical Formulation of Aristotle?s Theory of Forced Horizontal Motion -- Appendix 4: A Mathematical Formulation of Aristotle?s Theory of Natural and Forced Vertical Motion -- Appendix 5: A Mathematical Formulation of Hipparchus?s Theory of Vertical Motion -- Appendix 6: Alternative Translations of the Quotations Used in the Main Text.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 500; History; Science, Ancient; Physics -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy, Greek; SCIENCE -- Essays; SCIENCE -- Reference; Astronomy, Greek; Physics; Science, Ancient; Science -- Physics; History of science; Science -- History; Electronic books; Early works; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319212630; 3319212621; 9783319212623
• Related ISBNs: 331921263X; 9783319212623
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.