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- ISBN
- 0226482057
- EAN
- 9780226482057
- Date of Publication
- 2008-04-01
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tra...
- Artist
- Lindberg, David C.
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226482057
ISBN-13
9780226482057
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61798571
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Beginnings of Western Science : The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A. D. 1450, Second Edition
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, History, Europe / General, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, History
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-029485
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
This is a fine book, the culmination of a century of distinguished research on premodern European science. And it tells an important story that . . . needs to be read not only by undergraduates but by professional historians and anyone seeking to understand the origins of modern science., The value of Lindberg's book as an introductory text for students is clear, but it will also serve as an excellent resource for non-specialists, particularly those teaching comprehensive survey courses. . . . [The book] offers a concise, highly accessible introduction to the essential elements of western knowledge about the natural world that will help guide instructors in developing curricula. . . . The possibilities presented to enrich and enliven a general history course abound.. . . . This second edition ofย The Beginnings of Western Science will remain a fundamental and reliable resource for many years to come., "The value of Lindberg''s book as an introductory text for students is clear, but it will also serve as an excellent resource for non-specialists, particularly those teaching comprehensive survey courses. . . . [The book] offers a concise, highly accessible introduction to the essential elements of western knowledge about the natural world that will help guide instructors in developing curricula. . . . The possibilities presented to enrich and enliven a general history course abound.. . . . This second edition of The Beginnings of Western Science will remain a fundamental and reliable resource for many years to come."Angela Smith, H-Net Review, The value of Lindberg's book as an introductory text for students is clear, but it will also serve as an excellent resource for non-specialists, particularly those teaching comprehensive survey courses. . . . [The book] offers a concise, highly accessible introduction to the essential elements of western knowledge about the natural world that will help guide instructors in developing curricula. . . . The possibilities presented to enrich and enliven a general history course abound.. . . . This second edition of The Beginnings of Western Science will remain a fundamental and reliable resource for many years to come., "The value of Lindberg''s book as an introductory text for students is clear, but it will also serve as an excellent resource for non-specialists, particularly those teaching comprehensive survey courses. . . . [The book] offers a concise, highly accessible introduction to the essential elements of western knowledge about the natural world that will help guide instructors in developing curricula. . . . The possibilities presented to enrich and enliven a general history course abound.. . . . This second edition of The Beginnings of Western Science will remain a fundamental and reliable resource for many years to come."-Angela Smith, H-Net Review
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Dewey Decimal
509.4
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Preface 1. SCIENCE BEFORE THE GREEKS What Is Science? Prehistoric Attitudes toward Nature The Beginnings of Science in Egypt and Mesopotamia 2. THE GREEKS AND THE COSMOS The World of Homer and Hesiod The First Greek Philosophers The Milesians and the Question of Underlying Reality The Question of Change The Problem of Knowledge Plato''s World of Forms Plato''s Cosmology The Achievement of Early Greek Philosophy 3. ARISTOTLE''S PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE Life and Works Metaphysics and Epistemology Nature and Change Cosmology Motion, Terrestrial and Celestial Aristotle as a Biologist Aristotle''s Achievement 4. HELLENISTIC NATURAL PHILOSOPHY Schools and Education The Lyceum after Aristotle Epicureans and Stoics 5. THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES IN ANTIQUITY The Application of Mathematics to Nature Greek Mathematics Early Greek Astronomy Cosmological Developments Hellenistic Planetary Astronomy The Science of Optics The Science of Weights 6. GREEK AND ROMAN MEDICINE Early Greek Medicine Hippocratic Medicine Hellenistic Anatomy and Physiology Hellenistic Medical Sects Galen and the Culmination of Hellenistic Medicine 7. ROMAN AND EARLY MEDIEVAL SCIENCE Greeks and Romans Popularizers and Encyclopedists Translations The Role of Christianity Roman and Early Medieval Education Two Early Medieval Natural Philosophers Learning and Science in the Greek East 8. ISLAMIC SCIENCE The Eastward Diffusion of Greek Science The Birth, Expansion, and Hellenization of Islam Translation of Greek Science into Arabic Islamic Reception and Appropriation of Greek Science The Islamic Scientific Achievement The Fate of Islamic Science 9. THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING IN THE WEST The Middle Ages Carolingian Reforms The Schools of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Natural Philosophy in the Twelfth-Century Schools The Translation Movement The Rise of Universities 10. THE RECOVERY AND ASSIMILATION OF GREEK AND ISLAMIC SCIENCE The New Learning Aristotle in the University Curriculum Points of Conflict Resolution: Science as Handmaiden Radical Aristotelianism and the Condemnations of 1270 and 1277 The Relations of Philosophy and Theology after 1277 11. THE MEDIEVAL COSMOS The Structure of the Cosmos Mathematical Astronomy Astrology The Surface of the Earth 12. The Physics of the Sublunar Region Matter, Form, and Substance Combination and Mixture Alchemy Change and Motion The Nature of Motion Mathematical Description of Motion The Dynamics of Local Motion Quantification of Dynamics The Science of Optics 13. MEDIEVAL MEDICINE AND NATURAL HISTORY The Medical Tradition of the Early Middle Ages The Transformation of Western Medicine Medical Practitioners Medicine in the Universities Disease, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy Anatomy and Surgery Development of the Hospital Natural History 14. THE LEGACY OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SCIENCE The Continuity Question Candidates for Revolutionary Status The Scientific Revolution Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
Q124.95.L55 2007
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