The Scientific Achievement of the Middle Ages / / Richard C. Dales.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Dales, Richard C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: The Middle Ages Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Table of Contents --; List of Figures --; Introduction. Science and The Culture of Early Europe --; Chapter 1. The Early Middle Ages --; Chapter 2. The Twelfth Century --; Chapter 3. Robert Grosseteste and Scientific Method --; Chapter 4. The Tides --; Chapter 5. Studies of the Rainbow --; Chapter 6. Studies of Local Motion --; Chapter 7. Astronomy --; Chapter 8. The Fringes of Science --; Chapter 9. Conclusions --; Bibliographical Essay
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780812292282; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9780812292282
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard C. Dales.

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.