The Scientific Achievement of the Middle Ages

, by Dales, Richard C.

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ISBN: 9780812210576 | 0812210573
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Copyright: 1/1/1974

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This book offers a comprehensive sampling of medieval scientific thought in the context of an historical narrative.

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Introduction	p. 1
The Early Middle Ages	p. 27
The Twelfth Century	p. 37
Selections from Adelard of Bath, Natural Questions	p. 38
Selections from Anonymous, On the Elements	p. 52
Robert Grosseteste and Scientific Method	p. 61
Selections from Robert Grosseteste, The Impressions of the Elements	p. 65
Selections from Robert Grosseteste, The Heat of the Sun	p. 68
The Tides	p. 73
Selections from Robert Grosseteste, An Inquiry into the Causes of the Tides	p. 74
Studies of the Rainbow	p. 81
Selections from Carl B. Boyer, "The Theory of the Rainbow: Medieval Triumph and Failure," Isis. XLIX (1958), 378-390	p. 94
Studies of Local Motion	p. 102
Selection from H. Lamar Crosby, Jr., ed., Thomas of Bradwardine His Tractatus de Proportionibus	p. 105
Selections from John Buridan, Questions on the Heavens and the World	p. 111
Selections from Marshall Clagett, The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages	p. 121
Selections from Nicole Oresme, On the Book of the Heavens and the World of Aristotle	p. 124
Astronomy	p. 125
Selections from John Buridan, Questions on the Heavens and the World	p. 127
Selections from Nicole Oresme, On the Book of the Heavens and the World of Aristotle	p. 131
The Fringes of Science	p. 139
Selections from Daniel of Morley, On the Natures of Things Above and Below	p. 141
Selections from Marius, On the Elements	p. 148
Selections from Robert Grosseteste, Hexaemeron	p. 152
Selections from Richard Fishacre, Commentary on the Sentences	p. 155
Selections from Michael Scot, Liber introductorius and Prooemium	p. 157
Selections from Roger Bacon, Opus maius	p. 162
Selections from Roger Bacon, Opus tertium	p. 165
Conclusions	p. 170
Bibliographical Essay	p. 177
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