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Resources

• Ampère introduces the word kinematics (cinématique)
  • Essai sur la philosophie des sciences, ou Exposition analytique d'une classification naturelle de toutes les connaissances humaines, partie 1er. (Essay on the philosophy of science, or a natural exposure analytical classification of all human knowledge, Part 1.) André-Marie Ampère. Paris: Chez Bachelier (1834).
    • Google Books
    • Centre national de la recherche scientifique
      • first edition
      • reformatted text
      • html version
  • Classification of Human Knowledge; or, Synoptical Tables of the Sciences and Arts in Logic; or, The science of inference. Joseph Devey. London: Henry G. Bohn (1864).
• Aristotle
  • The Internet Classics Archive, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • On the Heavens. Translated by J. L. Stocks.
    • The Physics. Translated by R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye.
  • eBooks@Adelaide, University of Adelaide
    • On the Heavens. Transtaled by J. L. Stocks.
    • The Physics. Transtaled by R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye.
  • HathiTrust Digital Library
    • On the Heavens a.k.a. Περί Ουρανού a.k.a. De Cælo.
    • The Physics a.k.a. Φυσική Ακρόασις a.k.a. Naturalis Auscultationis.
• Russell
  • An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish. Bertrand Russell. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications (1943).
    • Memorial University of Newfoundland. Digital Archives Initiative.
    • Kent State University. Rashid Bin Muhammad.
    • Included in the The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell and Unpopular Essays at amazon.com (paid links)
• Video on demand
  • The Mechanical Universe and Beyond (1985)
    • Introduction. This preview introduces revolutionary ideas and heroes from Copernicus to Newton, and links the physics of the heavens and the Earth.