Much ado about nothing: theories of space and vacuum from the middle ages to the scientific revolution
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521229838
Date de publication :
29 mai 1981
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,8 x 4,0 cm
Poids :
945 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The primary objective of this study is to provide a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries. The second part of the book - on infinite, extracosmic void space - is of special significance.