Mechanics (Aristotle)

Mechanics (Greek: Μηχανικά; Latin: Mechanica), also called Mechanical Problems or Questions of Mechanics, is a text traditionally attributed to Aristotle, but generally regarded as spurious (cf. Pseudo-Aristotle).^[1] Thomas Winter has suggested that the author was Archytas,^[2] while Michael Coxhead says that it is only possible to conclude that the author was one of the Peripatetics.^[3]

During the Renaissance, an edition of this work was published by Francesco Maurolico. A Latin translation was made by Vettor Fausto, dedicated to Giovanni Badoer in 1517.

See also

• Aristotle's wheel paradox