The Physical World of Late Antiquity / / Samuel Sambursky.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sambursky, Samuel,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 825
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; I. SPACE AND TIME --; II. MATTER --; III. SUBLUNAR MECHANICS --; IV. MODES OF PHYSICAL ACTION --; V. CELESTIAL PHYSICS --; VI. THE UNITY OF HEAVEN AND EARTH --; NOTES --; SOURCES --; INDEX OF PASSAGES QUOTED --; GENERAL INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400858989; 9783110413441; 9783110413595; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400858989
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Samuel Sambursky.

Sambursky describes the development of scientific conceptions and theories in the centuries following Aristotle until the close of antiquity in the sixth century A.D.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.