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

Deming, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786458399 ISBN 13: 9780786458394

Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2010

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Book by David Deming

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In an accurate historical treatment, it is impossible to pinpoint a definition of science that applies to multiple moments in time. Science is a living, organic activity, and the meaning and understanding of science has evolved incrementally over sever

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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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• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0786458399
• ISBN 13: 9780786458394
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238