Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Title | Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Grant |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1987-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 052132260X |
Eleven distinguished historians of science explore natural philosophy and mathematics in the Middle Ages.
A History of Natural Philosophy
Title | A History of Natural Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Grant |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2007-01-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521869315 |
This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible.
Mathematics and the Medieval Ancestry of Physics
Title | Mathematics and the Medieval Ancestry of Physics PDF eBook |
Author | George Molland |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2024-10-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 104023156X |
The central theme of this volume lies in the medieval consciousness of mathematics, and the variety of strategies adopted to apply it in other areas, notably natural philosophy. In diachromic terms, Dr Molland considers ways in which ancient mathematics (particularly geometry) was assimilated in the Middle Ages, and how it was radically transformed in the 17th century, especially by Descartes. A pervasive concern is with ideas of scientific progress: the author argues that medieval commentatorial and disputational modes encouraged probing attitudes to existing knowledge, aimed at deepening individual understanding, rather than more aggressive endeavours to advance public knowledge characteristic of later periods. What brought about this change is the subject of several studies here; others form more specifically on individual scholars, in particular the important figure of Roger Bacon.
Studies in Medieval Science and Natural Philosophy
Title | Studies in Medieval Science and Natural Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Grant |
Publisher | Variorum Publishing |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
1543 and All That
Title | 1543 and All That PDF eBook |
Author | G. Freeland |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2013-11-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9401594783 |
Australia and New Zealand boast an active community of scholars working in the field of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Seien ce aims to provide a distinctive publication of essays on a connected outlet for their work. Each volume comprises a group theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. In each volume, a majority of the contributors is from Australia or New Zealand. Contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out, however, and are indeed actively encouraged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question. Earlier volumes in the series have been welcomed for significantly advancing the discussion of the topics they have dealt with. I believe that the present volume will be greeted equally enthusiastically by readers in many parts of the world. R. W Horne General Editor Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece. Andreas Vesalius, Sixth Plate ofthe Muscles, woodcut, designed by Jan Steven van Kalkar, from De humani corporis fabrica (Basel, 1543). (Photo. Scientific Illustration; repr. by kind permission of the University of New South Wales Library. ) In: GUY FREELAND, 'Introduction: In Praise of Toothing-Stones' Fig. 1. Michael Esson, Vesalian Interpretation 3 (1992). (Repr. by kind permission ofthe Artist. ) Fig. 2. Reliefs, University of Padua.
The Renaissance and 17th Century Rationalism
Title | The Renaissance and 17th Century Rationalism PDF eBook |
Author | Prof G H R Parkinson |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 475 |
Release | 2023-05-09 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1000941957 |
This fourth volume traces the history of Renaissance philosophy and seventeenth century rationalism, covering Descartes and the birth of modern philosophy.
The Science of Conjecture
Title | The Science of Conjecture PDF eBook |
Author | James Franklin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0801865697 |
The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty."--BOOK JACKET.