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The scientific achievement of the Middle Ages /
The scientists of the twelfth century were daring, original, inventive, and above all determined to discover purely rational explanations of natural phenomena. Their intense interest in the natural world for its own sake, their habits of precise observation, and the high value they place on man as a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1973.
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| Colección: | Sources of medieval history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The scientists of the twelfth century were daring, original, inventive, and above all determined to discover purely rational explanations of natural phenomena. Their intense interest in the natural world for its own sake, their habits of precise observation, and the high value they place on man as a rational being portend a new age in the history of scientific thought. This book offers a comprehensive sampling of medieval scientific thought in the context of an historical narrative. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0585116903 9780585116907 9780812292282 0812292286 |