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 xi
... explained. 5.10 Ptolemy's eccentric model • 100 5.11 5.12 Ptolemy's epicycle-on-deferent model • 101 Ptolemy's epicycle-on-deferent model with the planet on the inward side of the epicycle • 101 29, 2, 36, 38 Fig. 1.2. A Babylonian zig ...
... explained. 5.10 Ptolemy's eccentric model • 100 5.11 5.12 Ptolemy's epicycle-on-deferent model • 101 Ptolemy's epicycle-on-deferent model with the planet on the inward side of the epicycle • 101 29, 2, 36, 38 Fig. 1.2. A Babylonian zig ...
Page xii
... explained by the epicycle - on - deferent model . • ΙΟΙ Ptolemy's equant model • 103 Ptolemy's model for the ... explanation of the balance beam • 109 Archimedes ' static proof of the law of the lever • 11O Asclepius • 112 • The theater ...
... explained by the epicycle - on - deferent model . • ΙΟΙ Ptolemy's equant model • 103 Ptolemy's model for the ... explanation of the balance beam • 109 Archimedes ' static proof of the law of the lever • 11O Asclepius • 112 • The theater ...
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... explanation, correcting an error. My hope and expectation is that this book, in its second incarnation, will continue to reach a general audience, including students, with the startling news that the ancient and medieval periods were ...
... explanation, correcting an error. My hope and expectation is that this book, in its second incarnation, will continue to reach a general audience, including students, with the startling news that the ancient and medieval periods were ...
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... explain poisonous or therapeutic properties. The point is simply that practical rules of thumb can be effectively employed even in the face of total ignorance of the theoretical principles that lie behind them. You can have “know-how ...
... explain poisonous or therapeutic properties. The point is simply that practical rules of thumb can be effectively employed even in the face of total ignorance of the theoretical principles that lie behind them. You can have “know-how ...
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... explaining, and thereby justifying, the pres- ent state and structure of the community, supplying the community with a continuously evolving “social charter.” For example, an account of past events may be employed to legitimate current ...
... explaining, and thereby justifying, the pres- ent state and structure of the community, supplying the community with a continuously evolving “social charter.” For example, an account of past events may be employed to legitimate current ...
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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