Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2: Early Christianity, the Rise of Islam and the Middle Ages - Softcover

Buch 2 von 4: Science and Technology in World History

Deming, David

 
9780786458394: Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2: Early Christianity, the Rise of Islam and the Middle Ages
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786458399 ISBN 13: 9780786458394
Verlag: McFarland, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the second in a roughly chronological series, explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam through the Middle Ages, focusing especially on the historical relationship between science and religion. Specific topics include technological innovations during the Middle Ages; Islamic science; the Crusades; Gothic cathedrals; and the founding of Western universities. Close attention is given to such figures as Paul the Apostle, Hippolytus, Lactantius, Cyril of Alexandria, Hypatia, Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Prophet Mohammed.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Deming is a professor of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. A geophysicist, research scientist and historian, he has written on topics ranging from the history of science to climate change and energy resources.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0786458399
ISBN 13 
9780786458394
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
238
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