The Genesis of Science
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The Genesis of Science

How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Genesis of Science

How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Introduction
  4. CHAPTER ONE - AFTER THE FALL OF ROME: PROGRESS IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
  5. CHAPTER TWO - THE MATHEMATICAL POPE
  6. CHAPTER THREE - THE RISE OF REASON
  7. CHAPTER FOUR - THE TWELFTH-CENTURY RENAISSANCE
  8. CHAPTER FIVE - HERESY AND REASON
  9. CHAPTER SIX - HOW PAGAN SCIENCE WAS CHRISTIANIZED
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN - BLOODY FAILURE: MAGIC AND MEDICINE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT - THE SECRET ARTS OF ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY
  12. CHAPTER NINE - ROGER BACON AND THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT
  13. CHAPTER TEN - THE CLOCKMAKER: RICHARD OF WALLINGFORD
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN - THE MERTON CALCULATORS
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE - THE APOGEE OF MEDIEVAL SCIENCE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN - NEW HORIZONS
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN - HUMANISM AND THE REFORMATION
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE POLYMATHS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN - THE WORKINGS OF MAN: MEDICINE AND ANATOMY
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - HUMANIST ASTRONOMY AND NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - REFORMING THE HEAVENS
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN - GALILEO AND GIORDANO BRUNO
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY - GALILEO AND THE NEW ASTRONOMY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - THE TRIAL AND TRIUMPH OF GALILEO
  25. CONCLUSION
  26. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
  27. TIMELINE
  28. LIST OF KEY CHARACTERS
  29. NOTES
  30. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED
  31. Acknowledgements
  32. INDEX
  33. Copyright Page