
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine
An Encyclopedia
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 24. November 2005
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-0-415-96930-7 (ISBN)
Description
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. Coverage includes inventions, discoveries, concepts, places and fields of study, regions, and significant contributors to various fields of science. There are also entries on South-Central and East Asian science. This reference work provides an examination of medieval scientific tradition as well as an appreciation for the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted and those that replaced it.
For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.
For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.
Reviews / Votes
"An easy-to-use starting point for research in the area... The topics included are well-chosen... It will serve well in college and public libraries." - Library Journal"This Encyclopedia will be an invaluable aid to scholarly researchers, authors of historical fiction, and historical re-enactors. Coverage of "everyday," non-scientific technologies such as fishing, pottery, and transportation is a particular strength. No comparable encyclopedia exists. Highly recommended." - Choice
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
67 s/w Abbildungen, 60 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
60 Halftones, black and white; 67 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-96930-7 (9780415969307)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Entries include:
Agriculture
al-Battani (Albategnius)
Alchemy
Alum
Arms and armor
Astrology
Bacon, Roger
Bestiaries
Clocks and timekeeping
Computus
East Asian science
Elements and qualities
Encyclopaedias
Gilbertus Anglicus
God
Grosseteste, Robert
Illustration, medical
Instruments, optical
Johannes Duns Scotus
John of Arderne
Lapidaries
Magic and the Occult
Magnet and magnetism
Maimonides
Metaphysics
Microcosm/macro cosm
Miracle
Music (theory)
Navigation
Optics and catoptrics
Oresme, Nicole
Patronage of science
Petrus Hispanus
Pharmacy
Polo, Marco
Profatius Judaeus
Psychology
Quadrivium
Ravenna
Regimen sanitatis
Religion and science
Salernitan Questions
Salerno
Scientia
Surgery
Thabit ibn Qurra
Vocabulary and terminology
Water supply and sewerage
Women and science
and much more.
Agriculture
al-Battani (Albategnius)
Alchemy
Alum
Arms and armor
Astrology
Bacon, Roger
Bestiaries
Clocks and timekeeping
Computus
East Asian science
Elements and qualities
Encyclopaedias
Gilbertus Anglicus
God
Grosseteste, Robert
Illustration, medical
Instruments, optical
Johannes Duns Scotus
John of Arderne
Lapidaries
Magic and the Occult
Magnet and magnetism
Maimonides
Metaphysics
Microcosm/macro cosm
Miracle
Music (theory)
Navigation
Optics and catoptrics
Oresme, Nicole
Patronage of science
Petrus Hispanus
Pharmacy
Polo, Marco
Profatius Judaeus
Psychology
Quadrivium
Ravenna
Regimen sanitatis
Religion and science
Salernitan Questions
Salerno
Scientia
Surgery
Thabit ibn Qurra
Vocabulary and terminology
Water supply and sewerage
Women and science
and much more.