{"product_id":"much-ado-about-nothing-theories-of-space-and-vacuum-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-scientific-revolution-hardback-9780521229838","title":"Much Ado about Nothing; Theories of Space and Vacuum from the Middle Ages to the Scientific Revolution (Hardback) 9780521229838","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMuch Ado about Nothing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheories of Space and Vacuum from the Middle Ages to the Scientific Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Grant (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521229838, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 May 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e472 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 4 cm, 0.945 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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. The significance of Professor Grant's account is twofold: it provides a comprehensive and detailed description of the scholastic Aristotelian arguments for and against the existence of void space; and it presents (again for the first time) an analysis of the possible influence of scholastic ideas and arguments on the interpretations of space proposed by the nonscholastic authors who made the Scientific Revolution possible. The concluding chapter of the book is unique in not only describing the conceptualizations of space proposed by the makers of the Scientific Revolution, but in assessing the role of readily available scholastic ideas on the conception of space adopted for the Newtonian world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Intracosmic Space: Scope of study\u003cbr\u003e 1. Aristotle on void space\u003cbr\u003e 2. Medieval conceptions of the nature and properties of void space\u003cbr\u003e 3. The possibility of motion in void space\u003cbr\u003e 4. Nature's abhorrence of a vacuum\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Infinite Void Space Beyond the World: Largely a theological problem\u003cbr\u003e 5. The historical roots of the medieval concept of an infinite, extracosmic void space\u003cbr\u003e 6. Late medieval conceptions of extracosmic ('imaginary') void space\u003cbr\u003e 7. Extracosmic, infinite void space in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century scholastic thought\u003cbr\u003e 8. Infinite space in nonscholastic thought during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Summary and Reflections: 9. Summary and reflections\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006947283224,"sku":"9780521229838","price":136.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521229838i_6903c42c-099a-4f6b-9b3f-4edcc0946269.jpg?v=1691374033","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/much-ado-about-nothing-theories-of-space-and-vacuum-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-scientific-revolution-hardback-9780521229838","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}