1582 woodcut of artillery, by Walther Hermann Ryff [de]
The theory of impetus[1] is an auxiliary or secondary theory of Aristotelian dynamics, put forth initially to explain projectile motion against gravity. It was introduced by John Philoponus in the 6th century,[2][3] and elaborated by Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji at the end of the 12th century.[4] The theory was modified by Avicenna in the 11th century and Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī in the 12th century, before it was later established in Western scientific thought by Jean Buridan in the 14th century. It is the intellectual precursor to the concepts of inertia, momentum and acceleration in classical mechanics.
^Duhem, Pierre (1913), "Physics, History of", in Charles G. Herbermann; Edward A. Pace; Condé B. Pallen; John J. Wynne; Thomas J. Shahan (eds.), The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, and History of the Catholic Church, vol. 12, New York: Encyclopedia Press, p. 51
^Craig, Edward, ed. (1998). "Philoponus, John". Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 7, Nihilism-Quantum mechanics. Routledge. pp. 371–377. ISBN 978-0-415-18712-1. ISBN is for volume 7, not the set.
^Lindberg, David C. (2007). The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450 (second ed.). Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. pp. 307–308. ISBN 978-0-226-48205-7. Link to page 307 from Google's copy of 2008 reprint.
^Samsó, Julio (2007). "Biṭrūjī: Nūr al‐Dīn Abū Isḥāq [Abū Jaʿfar] Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf al‐Biṭrūjī". In Hockey, Thomas; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)
The theoryofimpetus is an auxiliary or secondary theoryof Aristotelian dynamics, put forth initially to explain projectile motion against gravity. It...
Look up impetus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Impetus may refer to: A source of motivation Theoryofimpetus, a concept similar to inertia and momentum...
that impetus could be not only linear but also circular in nature, causing objects (such as celestial bodies) to move in a circle. Buridan's theory was...
the Aristotelian concept of gravity with the theoryofimpetus. In the 7th century, Indian astronomer Brahmagupta spoke of gravity as an attractive force...
Philoponus proposed the theoryofimpetus, which modifies Aristotle's theory that "continuation of motion depends on continued action of a force" by incorporating...
A theoryof everything (TOE), final theory, ultimate theory, unified field theory or master theory is a hypothetical, singular, all-encompassing, coherent...
In physics, a unified field theory (UFT) is a type of field theory that allows all that is usually thought of as fundamental forces and elementary particles...
in the natural sciences. He was one of the first to propose a "theoryofimpetus" similar to the modern concept of inertia over Aristotelian dynamics....
of a proximate force, the body would come to rest almost immediately. The theoryofimpetus proposed that motion was maintained by some property of the...
relativity, also known as the general theoryof relativity and Einstein's theoryof gravity, is the geometric theoryof gravitation published by Albert Einstein...
introducing the theoryofimpetus to explain his observations. After a hiatus of several centuries, formal commentary by Eustratius and Michael of Ephesus reappeared...
possess impetus. This was based on an alternate description of atomism of the time period. Isaac Newton laid the foundations for this theory through his...
twistor theory was proposed by Roger Penrose in 1967 as a possible path to quantum gravity and has evolved into a widely studied branch of theoretical...
Loop quantum gravity (LQG) is a theoryof quantum gravity that incorporates matter of the Standard Model into the framework established for the intrinsic...
a verbal argument. He introduced the theoryofimpetus. John Philoponus' criticism of Aristotelian principles of physics served as inspiration for Galileo...
In theoriesof quantum gravity, the graviton is the hypothetical quantum of gravity, an elementary particle that mediates the force of gravitational interaction...
the 500s, started to question Aristotle's teaching of physics, introducing the theoryofimpetus.: 307, 311, 363, 402 His criticism served as an inspiration...
French priest Jean Buridan developed the theoryofimpetus, which later developed into the modern theoriesof inertia, velocity, acceleration and momentum...
different theories have been published. The first theoryof repulsive gravity was a quantum theory published by Mark Kowitt. In this modified Dirac theory, Kowitt...
developed the theoryofimpetus as an alternative to the Aristotelian theoryof motion. The theoryofimpetus was a precursor to the concepts of inertia and...
light in 2017 ruled out a certain class of modified gravity theories but concluded that other MOND theories that dispense with the need for dark matter...
Global Information