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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elspeth Whitney |
| ISBN: | 0313325197 9780313325199 |
| OCLC Number: | 54487705 |
| Description: | ix, 258 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Overview and history: the classical tradition and the Middle Ages -- Institutional history: the High and Late Middle Ages -- Aristotle, Plato, and the medieval scientific worldview -- The exact sciences -- The biological and earth sciences -- Medieval technology -- The impact of medieval science and technology -- Adelard of Bath -- Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great) -- Alhazen (Ibn-al-Haythan) -- Aristotle -- Avicenna (Ibn Sina) -- Roger Bacon -- Thomas Bradwardine -- Filippo Brunelleschi -- John Buridan -- Giovanni Dondi -- Leonardo Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa) -- Galen of Pergamum -- Gerard of Cremona -- Robert Grosseteste -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Isidore of Seville -- Nicole Oresme -- Peter Peregrinus (Peter of Maricourt) -- Plato -- Claudius Ptolemy -- Trotula -- Aristotle On final causes in nature; from the Physics -- Galen (129-199 or 200) On female physiology and inferiority -- Trotula On the diseases of women (eleventh century) -- Adelard of Bath (c. 1080-1142) On the important scientific questions in the twelfth century; from his Questions on natural science -- Albertus Magnus (c. 1193-1280) On animals: the rabbits and spiders -- Guy de Chauliac (c. 1290-c. 1367-70), medieval surgeon, On what makes a good doctor -- A medieval herbal (thirteenth century) -- Nicole Oresme (c. 1325-82) and Arguments for the diurnal rotation of the Earth -- Hugh of St. Victor On the mechanical arts -- Roger Bacon (c. 1219-92) on experimental science; from the Opus maius -- A Cistercian monk praises the mechanized water system of Clairvaux Abbey -- Medieval alchemy. |
| Series Title: | Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world |
| Responsibility: | Elspeth Whitney. |
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Abstract:
Medieval science and technology was firmly rooted in Aristotelian explanations of the physical world. This book begins by introducing the basic concepts of the classical tradition, and explains how these ideas were promulgated by the ancient Greeks, preserved and commented on by the great Muslim scholars of the early middle ages, and finally transmitted to western Europe as that region began to grow and expand around 1100 C.E. Specific avenues of inquiry such as astronomy and astrology, optics, chemistry and alchemy, zoology, geography, and medicine are described on their own terms. Rounding out the work is a discussion of the many technological innovations of the medieval age, such as mechanical clocks, firearms, and the blast furnace, that profoundly altered the course of European and world history. Biographical sketches provide insight into the lives and accomplishments of 20 men and women, Christian, Muslim, and pagan, whose works profoundly shaped the era's scientific spirit. Eleven annotated key primary documents afford a fascinating glimpse into how the best minds of the time posed their questions and their answers; an annotated timeline, glossary of terms, several illustrations, and an annotated bibliography round out the work. Thematic chapters vividly recreate the mindset and creativity of medieval scientists, enriched by key primary documents, biographical sketches, a glossary, annotated bibliography, and index.
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