St. Augustine's Press
between the time of Democritus and that of Newton. It is the first to emphasize the
continuity of the atomic debate and the debt owed by the seventeenth-century
“moderns” to the medieval critique of Aristotle.
“Andrew Pyle’s book provides both a scientific and a philosophical perspective
the most comprehensive history of atomism available. He teases out the arguments,
for and against, that dominated discussion of the theory from the Ancient
World to the age of Newton and in so doing provides an unrivalled survey of
the issues which the theory raises.” – G. A. J. Rogers
“[A] valuable source book for specialist and non-specialist alike . . . an invaluable
study.” – John Yolton
“Pyle’s story . . . is beautifully and clearly organised . . . the book is a mine of information and a model of clarity.” – Alan Chalmers
From Democritus to Newton
978-1-85506-502-4 1995 $40.00tx
756 pp., paperback
introduction, bibliography, appendix, index