selected writings of Anneliese Maier on late medieval natural philosophy /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited and translated with an introduction by Steven D. Sargent.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1982.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 173 pages ;
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24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
The Middle ages
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages x-xiv) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The nature of motion -- Causes, forces, and resistance -- The concept of the function in fourteenth-century physics -- The significance of the theory of impetus for Scholastic natural philosophy -- Galileo and the Scholastic theory of impetus -- The theory of the elements and the problem of their participation in compounds -- The achievements of late Scholastic natural philosophy.