A Source Book In Medieval Science
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Author | : Edward Grant |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 890 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674823600 |
This Source Book explores a millennium of European scientific thought accompanied by critical commentary and annotation; nearly half the selections appear for the first time in the vernacular. Representing "science" in the medieval sense, selections include alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology as well as mathematics, physics, and biology.
Author | : Edward Grant |
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Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : Henry Marshall Leicester |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780674822306 |
A collection of important writings in the history of chemistry from 1400-1900, each with an introduction by the editors.
Author | : William Francis Magie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1935 |
Genre | : Physics |
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Author | : William Eamon |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691214611 |
By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines.
Author | : Michèle Goyens |
Publisher | : Leuven University Press |
Total Pages | : 491 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9058676714 |
Mediaevalia Lovaniensia 40Medieval translators played an important role in the development and evolution of a scientific lexicon. At a time when most scholars deferred to authority, the translations of canonical texts assumed great importance. Moreover, translation occurred at two levels in the Middle Ages. First, Greek or Arabic texts were translated into the learned language, Latin. Second, Latin texts became source texts themselves, to be translated into the vernaculars as their importance across Europe started to increase.The situation of the respective translators at these two levels was fundamentally different: whereas the former could rely on a long tradition of scientific discourse, the latter had the enormous responsibility of actually developing a scientific vocabulary. The contributions in the present volume investigate both levels, greatly illuminating the emergence of the scientific terminology and concepts that became so fundamental in early modern intellectual discourse. The scientific disciplines covered in the book include, among others, medicine, biology, astronomy, and physics.
Author | : Edward Grant |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2001-07-30 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780521003377 |
This book shows how the Age of Reason actually began during the late Middle Ages.
Author | : Wendy Swartz |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 745 |
Release | : 2014-03-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231531001 |
This innovative sourcebook builds a dynamic understanding of China's early medieval period (220–589) through an original selection and arrangement of literary, historical, religious, and critical texts. A tumultuous and formative era, these centuries saw the longest stretch of political fragmentation in China's imperial history, resulting in new ethnic configurations, the rise of powerful clans, and a pervasive divide between north and south. Deploying thematic categories, the editors sketch the period in a novel way for students and, by featuring many texts translated into English for the first time, recast the era for specialists. Thematic topics include regional definitions and tensions, governing mechanisms and social reality, ideas of self and other, relations with the unseen world, everyday life, and cultural concepts. Within each section, the editors and translators introduce the selected texts and provide critical commentary on their historical significance, along with suggestions for further reading and research.
Author | : Basil Dmytryshyn |
Publisher | : Harcourt Brace College Publishers |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
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Revises and expands the collection of basic sources on political, social, economic, and cultural life in medieval Russia, designed for the student, the general reader, and the scholar who is not a specialist. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : George Gordon Coulton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 641 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Civilization, Medieval |
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