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On the threshold of exact science : selected writings of Anneliese Maier on late medieval natural philosophy

Title
On the threshold of exact science : selected writings of Anneliese Maier on late medieval natural philosophy / edited and translated with an introduction by Steven D. Sargent.
Author
Maier, Anneliese, 1905-
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982.

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Additional Authors
Sargent, Steven D.
Description
xiv, 173 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The Middle ages
Subject
  • Science, Medieval
  • Philosophy, Medieval
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JSE 82-275
ISBN
0812278313
LCCN
81043524
OCLC
  • 7975628
  • NYPG82-B19414
Author
Maier, Anneliese, 1905-
Title
On the threshold of exact science : selected writings of Anneliese Maier on late medieval natural philosophy / edited and translated with an introduction by Steven D. Sargent.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982.
Series
The Middle ages
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Sargent, Steven D.
Research Call Number
JSE 82-275
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