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BL
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582899
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GB***b412118
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| Main Entry
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Pedersen, Olaf.
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| Title & Author
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Early physics and astronomy : : a historical introduction /\ Olaf Pedersen and Mogens Pihl.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: MacDonald and Janes ;New York :: American Elsevier,, 1974.
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| Series Statement
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History of science library
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413 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0356041220 (American Elsevier)
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: 9780356041223 (American Elsevier)
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| Notes
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Rev. translation of Historisk Indledning til den Klassiske Fysik.
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Includes index.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Bibliography: p. 321-335.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Subject
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Science-- History.
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Astronomy-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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500.2/09
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| LC Classification
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QC7.P4213 1974
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| Added Entry
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Pihl, Mogens
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