The Genesis of Science
How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution
Published on 7. April 2011
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-1-59698-155-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Not-So-Dark Dark Ages
What they forgot to teach you in school:
People in the Middle Ages did not think the world was flat
The Inquisition never executed anyone because of their scientific ideologies
It was medieval scientific discoveries, including various methods, that made possible Western civilization's ?Scientific Revolution"
As a physicist and historian of science James Hannam debunks myths of the Middle Ages in his brilliant book The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution. Without the medieval scholars, there would be no modern science.
Discover the Dark Ages and their inventions, research methods, and what conclusions they actually made about the shape of the world.
What they forgot to teach you in school:
People in the Middle Ages did not think the world was flat
The Inquisition never executed anyone because of their scientific ideologies
It was medieval scientific discoveries, including various methods, that made possible Western civilization's ?Scientific Revolution"
As a physicist and historian of science James Hannam debunks myths of the Middle Ages in his brilliant book The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution. Without the medieval scholars, there would be no modern science.
Discover the Dark Ages and their inventions, research methods, and what conclusions they actually made about the shape of the world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59698-155-3 (9781596981553)
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JAMES HANNAM is a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge where he studied physics and then gained a Ph.D. in the history of science. He lives in England with his wife and two children.