Pub Date: May 22, 2011
Dewey: 509
LCCN: 2011928368
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.90" H x 9.40" L x 6.40" W ( 1.30 lbs) 262 pages
BISAC Categories:
Philosophy | History and Surveys | General | Social Science | Reference | Science | History
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Description: This book discusses the impetus-based physics of the Jesuit natural philosopher and mathematician Honoré Fabri (1608-1688), and shows how Fabri, contrary to popular conception, reinterpreted medieval concepts to adapt to emerging concepts of modern science.