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The Scientific Achievement of the Middle Ages

Richard C Dales author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Published:1st Nov '73

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Offers a comprehensive introduction to medieval science, presented in the context of an historical narrative.

The scientists of the twelfth century were daring, original, inventive, and above all determined to discover purely rational explanations of natural phenomena. Their intense interest in the natural world for its own sake, their habits of precise observation, and the high value they place on man as a rational being portend a new age in the history of scientific thought. This book offers a comprehensive sampling of medieval scientific thought in the context of an historical narrative.

"A delight to read . . . as an introduction to medieval science." * Speculum *

ISBN: 9780812210576

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Weight: unknown

192 pages