These selections from Le système du monde, the classic ten-volume history of the physical sciences written by the great French physicist Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), focus on cosmology, Duhem's greatest interest. By reconsidering the work of such Arab and Christian scholars as Averroes, Avicenna, Gregory of Rimini, Albert of Saxony, Nicole Oresme, Duns Scotus, and William of Occam, Duhem demonstrated the sophistication of medieval science and cosmology.

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Medieval Cosmology
Theories of Infinity, Place, Time, Void, and the Plurality of Worlds
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Medieval Cosmology
Theories of Infinity, Place, Time, Void, and the Plurality of Worlds
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University of Chicago PressYear
2011Print ISBN
9780226169231
9780226169224
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9780226169248
Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword, by Stanley L. Jaki
- Preface
- Part I: The Two Infinites
- Part II: Place
- Part III: Time
- Part IV: Void
- Part V: The Plurality of Worlds
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