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Before Galileo : the birth of modern science in medieval Europe
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Before Galileo : the birth of modern science in medieval Europe / John Freely.
ISBN
9781590206072 (US)
159020607X (US)
9780715645109 (UK)
0715645102 (UK)
Published
New York ; London : Overlook Duckworth, 2012.
Physical Description
348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary
A history of science in the Dark Ages documents the achievements of lesser-known European scholars, including the monk Saint Bede, who effectively paved the way for the discoveries of such luminaries as Galileo and Newton.
Variant and related titles
Birth of modern science in medieval Europe
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 16, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-333) and index.
Contents
Light in the Dark Ages
Educating Europe
The opinions of the Arabs
A renaissance before the Renaissance
Converting Aristotle
The metaphysics of light
The experimental method
The science of motion
Over the rainbow
The revival of astronomy, East and West
The revolutions of the celestial spheres
The new astronomy
The great debate
On the shoulders of giants.
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