(300 BC). His work is the culmination of this
extraordinary strong mathematical thought that illustrate
the Greek tradition. He joined all the geometrical knowledge
of his time in the form of simple, logical, healthy and elegant
structure. It is a concrete expression of the vision of a
pure deductive evidence. For centuries to come, it remains
a unique and unparalleled work of genius.
Physics
The Greeks made a very important advance in physics. We have
already talked about the atomic theory developed by the Greek
thinkers in the early history of science. The Pythagoreans
"mathematical" theories were given physical interpretation
atomists as Democritus. Thus, a foundation of mathematical
physics was raised. The Pythagoreans mathematical work on
the phenomenon of music contributed to the development of
its acoustics. Anaxagoras even anticipated by many centuries,
the law of conservation of mass, one of the foundations of
modern physics.
The opinion of Aristotle in physics has established the foundations
of physics in the 17th century. It was against the atomic theory.
He did not believe in the possibility of void. According to
Aristotle earthly bodies have either ascending movement or downward
bmovement as their natural movement. Celestial circular movement
have their natural movement. The speed of falling bodies depends
on their weight. "Rest" is the natural state of matter.
The most important point to note here is that in the physics
of Aristotle physical phenomena are not explained solely in
terms of mechanical laws, ideas like "natural" trend
"," subject "and other teleological concepts
were cited. But his physique is a complete system. Therefore,
although an individual of his theory was proved wrong, it was
still chosen because it was a part of a package of physics.
But this could not be done until the 17th century. So physics
in the 17th century remains absolutely Aristotelian.
One of the greatest physicists of the Greek tradition was Archimedes
(287-212 BC). It was through him Greeks contributed significantly
to the mechanical, the largest branch of physics. In its "Elements
of Mechanics' he gave a detailed account of various kinds of
simple machines. He defined the concept of center of gravity.
He laid the foundations for the static. He founded hydrostatics
and studied nature the floating bodies. He used his studies
to test the purity metals and the development of methods for
shipbuilding. He invented steelyard, auger and water-snail.
It is called the father of experimental physics. Ctesibices
(270 BC) the science of tire, the study air traffic movements.
cylinder He invented, divers, the strength of pumping, water
body, water clocks several catapuits, war engines, etc.
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