Physics

For many centuries, Aristotle's Physics was the essential starting point for anyone who wished to study the natural sciences This book begins with an analysis of change, which introduces us to Aristotle's central concepts of matter and form, before moving on to an account of explanation in the sciences and a defence of teleological explanation. Aristotle then turns to detailed, important, and often ingenious discussions of notions such as infinity, place, void, time, and conintuity. He ends with an argument designed to show that the changes we experience in the world demand as their cause a single unchanging cause of all change, namely God. This is the first complete translation of Physics into English since 1930. It presents Aristotle's thought accurately, while at the same time simplifying and expanding the often crabbed and elliptical style of the original, so that it is very much easier to read. A lucid introduction and extensive notes explain the general structure of each section of the book and shed light on particular problems.

ISBN 0199540284   Pages 384 ISBN13 9780199540280 (What's this?)   Volumes 000 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 265 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series title Oxford World's Classics Publication date 08 May 2008   Previous ISBN 9780192835864 Translator Robin Waterfield   Height (mm) 200 Library of Congress Q151   Width (mm) 130 DEWEY 530   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

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