The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450, Second EditionUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. veebr 2010 - 480 pages When it was first published in 1992, The Beginnings of Western Science was lauded as the first successful attempt ever to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to late-Medieval scholasticism, David C. Lindberg surveyed all the most important themes in the history of science, including developments in cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, optics, alchemy, natural history, and medicine. In addition, he offered an illuminating account of the transmission of Greek science to medieval Islam and subsequently to medieval Europe. The Beginnings of Western Science was, and remains, a landmark in the history of science, shaping the way students and scholars understand these critically formative periods of scientific development. It reemerges here in a second edition that includes revisions on nearly every page, as well as several sections that have been completely rewritten. For example, the section on Islamic science has been thoroughly retooled to reveal the magnitude and sophistication of medieval Muslim scientific achievement. And the book now reflects a sharper awareness of the importance of Mesopotamian science for the development of Greek astronomy. In all, the second edition of The Beginnings of Western Science captures the current state of our understanding of more than two millennia of science and promises to continue to inspire both students and general readers. |
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Page 11
... argued convincingly that early literate cultures produced large quantities of written inventories and other kinds of lists ( mostly for admin- istrative purposes ) , far more elaborate than anything an oral culture could conceivably ...
... argued convincingly that early literate cultures produced large quantities of written inventories and other kinds of lists ( mostly for admin- istrative purposes ) , far more elaborate than anything an oral culture could conceivably ...
Page 29
... argued for a world without beginning or end , composed ultimately of fire — an “ ever - living fire , " in a state of continuous transformation between fire in its " kindled " form ( which we call " fire " or " flame " ) and its two ...
... argued for a world without beginning or end , composed ultimately of fire — an “ ever - living fire , " in a state of continuous transformation between fire in its " kindled " form ( which we call " fire " or " flame " ) and its two ...
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... argued , if we interpret them literally , that the ultimate reality is numeri- cal rather than material — not matter , but number . Aristotle reports that in the course of their mathematical studies the Pythagoreans were struck by the ...
... argued , if we interpret them literally , that the ultimate reality is numeri- cal rather than material — not matter , but number . Aristotle reports that in the course of their mathematical studies the Pythagoreans were struck by the ...
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... argued, ever to traverse a stadium, because before you cover the whole you must cover the half; and before you cover the half, you must cover the quarter; before the quarter, the eighth; and so on to infinity. To traverse a stadium is ...
... argued, ever to traverse a stadium, because before you cover the whole you must cover the half; and before you cover the half, you must cover the quarter; before the quarter, the eighth; and so on to infinity. To traverse a stadium is ...
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... argued, but they are useful guides if employed with discrimination. “But come, consider with all thy powers how each thing is manifest,” he wrote, “neither holding sight in greater trust as compared with hearing, nor loud-sounding ...
... argued, but they are useful guides if employed with discrimination. “But come, consider with all thy powers how each thing is manifest,” he wrote, “neither holding sight in greater trust as compared with hearing, nor loud-sounding ...
Contents
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3 Aristotles Philosophy of Nature | 45 |
4 Hellenistic Natural Philosophy | 67 |
5 The Mathematical Sciences in Antiquity | 82 |
6 Greek and Roman Medicine | 111 |
7 Roman and Early Medieval Science | 132 |
8 Islamic Science | 163 |
10 The Recovery and Assimilation of Greekand Islamic Science | 225 |
11 The Medieval Cosmos | 254 |
12 The Physics of the Sublunar Region | 286 |
13 Medieval Medicine and Natural History | 321 |
14 The Legacy of Ancient and Medieval Science | 357 |
Notes | 369 |
Bibliography | 413 |
Index | 463 |
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