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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... created leaves ; Woot who created stones ; Woot the sculptor , who made people out of wooden balls ; Woot the inventor of prickly things such as fish , thorns , and paddles ; and Woot the sharpener , who first gave an edge to pointed ...
... created leaves ; Woot who created stones ; Woot the sculptor , who made people out of wooden balls ; Woot the inventor of prickly things such as fish , thorns , and paddles ; and Woot the sharpener , who first gave an edge to pointed ...
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... creation myths . According to one Egyptian account , in the beginning the sun - god , Atum , spat out Shu , the god of air , and Tefnut , the goddess of moisture . Thereafter , Shu and Tefnut , air and moisture , gave birth to earth and ...
... creation myths . According to one Egyptian account , in the beginning the sun - god , Atum , spat out Shu , the god of air , and Tefnut , the goddess of moisture . Thereafter , Shu and Tefnut , air and moisture , gave birth to earth and ...
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... created for the important words, as in Egyptian hieroglyphics. But in hieroglyphic writing, signs could also stand for sounds or syllables—the beginnings of syllabic writing. The development of fully syllabic systems about 1500 b.c. ...
... created for the important words, as in Egyptian hieroglyphics. But in hieroglyphic writing, signs could also stand for sounds or syllables—the beginnings of syllabic writing. The development of fully syllabic systems about 1500 b.c. ...
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... creation myths in the preceding section to reveal key features of Egyptian and Mesopotamian cosmogony ( concerned with the origins of the universe ) and cosmology ( concerned with the structure of the universe ) . Here I will restrict ...
... creation myths in the preceding section to reveal key features of Egyptian and Mesopotamian cosmogony ( concerned with the origins of the universe ) and cosmology ( concerned with the structure of the universe ) . Here I will restrict ...
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... boundaries of the modern Greek state . Colonization , conquest , and the ab- sorption of invading tribes had created a territory of Greek - speaking people Adriatic Sea Naples Elea The Greek World about 450 B.C. The Greeks and the Cosmos ...
... boundaries of the modern Greek state . Colonization , conquest , and the ab- sorption of invading tribes had created a territory of Greek - speaking people Adriatic Sea Naples Elea The Greek World about 450 B.C. The Greeks and the Cosmos ...
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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