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 7
... accounts for the origin of the human race and the major topographical features of the Kuba world , but also explains the invention of what the Kuba clearly considered a critically important Science before the Greeks 7.
... accounts for the origin of the human race and the major topographical features of the Kuba world , but also explains the invention of what the Kuba clearly considered a critically important Science before the Greeks 7.
Page 8
... major wounds , broken bones , severe and unexpected illness — might require assistance from some- body with more advanced knowledge and skill . A certain amount of medical specialization thus came into existence : some members of the ...
... major wounds , broken bones , severe and unexpected illness — might require assistance from some- body with more advanced knowledge and skill . A certain amount of medical specialization thus came into existence : some members of the ...
Page 9
... embodied in oral traditions are intended to convey and reinforce the values and attitudes of the community, to offer satisfying explanations of the major features of the world as experienced by Science before the Greeks 9.
... embodied in oral traditions are intended to convey and reinforce the values and attitudes of the community, to offer satisfying explanations of the major features of the world as experienced by Science before the Greeks 9.
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... major features of the world as experienced by the community, and to legitimate the current social structure; stories enter the oral tradition (the col- lective memory) because of their effectiveness in achieving those ends, and as long ...
... major features of the world as experienced by the community, and to legitimate the current social structure; stories enter the oral tradition (the col- lective memory) because of their effectiveness in achieving those ends, and as long ...
Page 35
... major problems of pre - Socratic philosophy . We find both the new and the old in the work of Socrates ' younger friend and disciple , Plato ( fig . 2.4 ) . Plato ( 427-348 / 47 ) was born into a distinguished Athenian family , active ...
... major problems of pre - Socratic philosophy . We find both the new and the old in the work of Socrates ' younger friend and disciple , Plato ( fig . 2.4 ) . Plato ( 427-348 / 47 ) was born into a distinguished Athenian family , active ...
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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