Warriors of the cloisters : the Central Asian origins of science in the medieval world /

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Warriors of the Cloisters tells how key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. Medieval scholars rarely performed scientific experiments, but instead contested issues in natural science, philosophy, and theology usin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
To 1500
Science, Medieval.
Academic disputations.
Science > Asia, Central > History > To 1500.
Sciences médiévales.
Disputations.
Sciences > Asie centrale > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
SCIENCE > History.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Academic disputations
Science
Science, Medieval
Central Asia
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The recursive argument method of medieval science
  • From college and universitas to university
  • Buddhist Central Asian invention of the method
  • Islamization in classical Arabic Central Asia
  • Transmission to medieval Western Europe
  • India, Tibet, China, Byzantium, and other control cases.

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