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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... Philosophy• 43 aristotle's philosophy of nature • 45 Life and Works • 45 Metaphysics and Epistemology • 46 Nature ... natural philosophy • 67 Schools and Education • 67 The Lyceum after Aristotle • 73 Epicureans and Stoics • 76 5 THE ...
... Philosophy• 43 aristotle's philosophy of nature • 45 Life and Works • 45 Metaphysics and Epistemology • 46 Nature ... natural philosophy • 67 Schools and Education • 67 The Lyceum after Aristotle • 73 Epicureans and Stoics • 76 5 THE ...
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... Nature • 82 Greek Mathematics • 83 Early Greek Astronomy • 86 Cosmological Developments • 95 Hellenistic Planetary ... Natural Philosophy in the Twelfth - Century Schools 209 228 Points of Conflict • Resolution: Science as Handmaiden ...
... Nature • 82 Greek Mathematics • 83 Early Greek Astronomy • 86 Cosmological Developments • 95 Hellenistic Planetary ... Natural Philosophy in the Twelfth - Century Schools 209 228 Points of Conflict • Resolution: Science as Handmaiden ...
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... natural philosophy” and “philosophy of nature,” which will also appear frequently in this book. These are expressions that ancient and medieval scholars themselves applied to investigations of the natural world that concentrated on ...
... natural philosophy” and “philosophy of nature,” which will also appear frequently in this book. These are expressions that ancient and medieval scholars themselves applied to investigations of the natural world that concentrated on ...
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... philosophy . Plato also wrote a dialogue , the Timaeus , that reveals his interest in the world of nature . Here we ... natural philosophy . Plato referred to the contents of the Timaeus as a “ likely story , ” and this has misled some ...
... philosophy . Plato also wrote a dialogue , the Timaeus , that reveals his interest in the world of nature . Here we ... natural philosophy . Plato referred to the contents of the Timaeus as a “ likely story , ” and this has misled some ...
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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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