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'''Mechanics''' is the branch of [[physics]] that studies the motion of bodies. The Greek philosophers were among the first to propose abstract ideas about what motion means. The experimental scientific method was first introduced by the Islamic scientists during the Middle Ages. However, it was not until the works of [[Galileo Galilei]] and [[Isaac Newton]] that the foundations of what it is now known as classical mechanics were established.

'''Mechanics''' is the branch of [[physics]] that studies the motion of bodies. The Greek philosophers like [[Archimedes]] and the [[Peripatetician School]] were among the first to propose abstract ideas about what motion means, and some of which were preserved, though not advanced, by Islamic scholars after the Roman Empire moved its capital to Constantinople. During the Middle Ages, there was uneven advance in Europe.  For example, the six laws of statics were all proven by the 13th century, though not recognized as the essential laws<ref>Duhem, Pierre (c. 1905) ''The Origin of Statics'' (Paris).</ref>. But there was little interest until Leonardo da Vinci. However, it was not until the works of [[Galileo Galilei]] and [[Isaac Newton]] that the completed edifice of what is now known as classical mechanics was established.

Mechanics can be broadly divided into classical mechanics, relativistic mechanics and quantum mechanics.

Mechanics can be broadly divided into classical mechanics, relativistic mechanics and quantum mechanics.