A Source Book in Medieval Science

Modern scholarship has exposed the intrinsic importance of medieval science and confirmed its role in preserving and transmitting Greek and Arabic achievements. This "Source Book" offers a rare opportunity to explore more than ten centuries of European scientific thought. In it are approximately 190 selections by about 85 authors, most of them from the Latin West. Nearly half of the selections appear here for the first time in any vernacular translation.
The readings, a number of them complete treatises, have been chosen to represent "science" in a medieval rather than a modern sense. Thus, insofar as they are relevant to medieval science, selections have been drawn from works on alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology. Most of the book, however, reflects medieval understanding of, and achievements in, the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences. Critical commentary and annotation accompany the selections. An appendix contains brief biographiesof all authors.
This book will be an indispensible resource for students and scholars in the history of science.

About the author

Edward Grant is Professor of History of Science, Emeritus, at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Summary

This Source Book explores a millennium of European scientific thought accompanied by critical commentary and annotation; nearly half the selections appear for the first time in the vernacular. Representing “science” in the medieval sense, selections include alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology as well as mathematics, physics, and biology.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Grant
• Assisted by: Edward Grant (Editor), Grant Edward (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1974
• EAN: 9780674823600
• ISBN: 978-0-674-82360-0
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 46 mm
• Weight: 2608 g
• Illustrations: 165 line illustrations, 22 tables
• Series: Source Books in the History of the Sciences; Source Books in the History of; Source Books in the History of the Sciences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); History, SCIENCE / History, CE period up to c 1500, History of Science, History and Archaeology