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" The beginnings of western science : "
David C. Lindberg.
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876221
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Lindberg, David C.
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The beginnings of western science : : the European scientific tradition in philosophical, religious, and institutional context, prehistory to A.D. 1450 /\ David C. Lindberg.
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2nd ed.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2007.
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ISSR Library
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xvi, 488 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 23 cm
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0226482057
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: 9780226482057
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-461) and index.
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| Contents
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Science before the Greeks -- The Greeks and the cosmos -- Aristotle's philosophy of nature -- Hellenistic natural philosophy -- The mathematical sciences in antiquity -- Greek and Roman medicine -- Roman and early medieval science -- Islamic science -- The revival of learning in the West -- The recovery and assimilation of Greek and Islamic science -- The medieval cosmos -- The physics of the sublunar region -- Medieval medicine and natural history -- The legacy of ancient and medieval science.
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David C. Lindberg surveys the most important themes in the history of science, including developments in cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, optics, alchemy, natural history and medicine. In addition, he offers an account of the transmission of Greek science to medieval Islam and subsequently medieval Europe.
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Science, Ancient-- History.
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Science, Medieval-- History.
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02.01 history of science and culture.
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30.01 history of the exact sciences.
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História da ciência.
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Medizin
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Naturwissenschaften
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Philosophie
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Science, Ancient.
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Science, Medieval.
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Wissenschaft
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Natural sciences.
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Philosophy.
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Technics.
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Europa
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Europa.
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| Dewey Classification
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509.4
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Q124.95.L55 2007
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