Historisk Indledning Til Den Klassike Fysik. Early Physics and Astronomy. A Historical Introduction

Science Before The Greeks -- The New Concept Of Nature -- Plato And Greek Mathematics -- Aristotle And The Knowledge Of Nature -- Practical Astronomy -- Early Greek Cosmology -- Mathematical Astronomy -- The Foundations Of Statics -- Dynamics In Antiquity -- The Conception Of Light And Sound -- The Structure Of Material Substances -- Properties Of Matter And Chemical Change -- The Transmission Of Greek Science -- Experimental Physics In The Middle Ages -- The Development Of Statics -- The Establishment Of Kinematics -- Force And Motion In The Middle Ages -- Mediaeval Astronomy -- The Change Called Renaissance -- The Reform Of Astronomy. Olaf Pedersen And Mogens Pihl. Rev. Translation Of Historisk Indledning Til Den Klassiske Fysik. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 321-335.