Table of Contents

The nature of motion
Causes, forces, and resistance
The concept of the function in fourteenth-century physics
The significance of the theory of impetus for Scholastic natural philosophy
Galileo and the Scholastic theory of impetus
The theory of the elements and the problem of their participation in compounds
The achievements of late Scholastic natural philosophy

About the Author

Steven D. Sargent is Professor of History at Union College.