Sven Müller
Naturgemäße Ortsbewegung
Aristoteles' Physik und ihre Rezeption bis Newton
[Natural Motion. Aristotle's Physics and Their Interpretation from Antiquity to Newton.]
2006. X, 264 pages. unrevised ebook edition 2025. Digitize on Demand
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Sven Müller shows that neither Aristotle nor Newton identified the cause of gravity with a force which is located in matter. He concludes that the Aristotelian theses were never checked or refuted by modern physics, since they were mistakenly equated with late medieval positions.