David C. Lindberg

Michael H. Shank

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science in the Middle Ages from the North Atlantic to the Indus Valley. Medieval science was once universally dismissed as non-existent - and sometimes it still is. This volume reveals the diversity of goals, contexts, and accomplishments in the study of nature during the Middle Ages. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of medieval science currently available. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the medieval world, contributors consider scientific learning and advancement in the cultures associated with the Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew languages. Scientists, historians, and other curious readers will all gain a new appreciation for the study of nature during an era that is often misunderstood.

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 2, Medieval Science

Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450

Ronald L. Numbers

Hilldale Professor of the History of Science David C Lindberg

Surveying the period that stretches between Galileo and the present, the author traces the often gray boundary between science and Christianity, revealing religion to be a less-than-total enemy of science in twelve fascinating case studies that reveal the complexities of this issue. (Science & Mathematics)

When Science and Christianity Meet

Studies in the History of Medieval Optics

This book, in language accessible to the general reader, investigates twelve of the most notorious, most interesting, and most instructive episodes involving the interaction between science and Christianity, aiming to tell each story in its historical specificity and local particularity. Among the events treated in When Science and Christianity Meet are the Galileo affair, the seventeenth-century clockwork universe, Noah's ark and flood in the development of natural history, struggles over Darwinian evolution, debates about the origin of the human species, and the Scopes trial. Readers will be introduced to St. Augustine, Roger Bacon, Pope Urban VIII, Isaac Newton, Pierre-Simon de Laplace, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, T. H. Huxley, Sigmund Freud, and many other participants in the historical drama of science and Christianity. “Taken together, these papers provide a comprehensive survey of current thinking on key issues in the relationships between science and religion, pitched—as the editors intended—at just the right level to appeal to students.”—Peter J. Bowler, Isis

Cambridge University Press

Roy Porter

Lorraine Daston

Theodore M. Porter

Dorothy Ross

Mary Jo Nye

Katharine Park

A new and comprehensive examination of the history of the modern physical and mathematical sciences.

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences

David Charles Lindberg

Kepler's successful solution to the problem of vision early in the seventeenth century was a theoretical triumph as significant as many of the more celebrated developments of the scientific revolution. Yet the full import of Kepler's arguments can be grasped only when they are viewed against the background of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance visual theory. David C. Lindberg provides this background, and in doing so he fills the gap in historical scholarship and constructs a model for tracing the development of scientific ideas. David C. Lindberg is professor and chairman of the department of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Theories of Vision from Al-kindi to Kepler

Robert S. Westman

A compendium offering broad reflections on the Scientific Revolution from a spectrum of scholars engaged in the study of 16th and 17th century science. Many accepted views and interpretations of the scientific revolution are challenged.

Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution

Este libro es el primer intento de dar una visión global de la ciencia en el mundo antiguo, de escribir una historia de la ciencia medieval en su conjunto, y de presentar una exposición detallada y unificada del asunto en un único volumen. En él, David C. Lindberg narra con energía el desarrollo de las ideas prácticas e instituciones científicas a las que dio lugar los albores del pensamiento humano, desde la filosofía presocrática griega hasta el escolasticismo medieval. Lindberg revisa los temas más importantes de la historia de la ciencia antigua y medieval relativos a materias como las matemáticas, la astronomía, la mecánica, la óptica, la alquimia, la historia natural y la medicina. Además, ofrece un iluminador relato de la transmisión del conocimiento científico desde la antigua Grecia al Islam y posteriormente a la Europa medieval. La prosa sencilla y vigorosa de Lindberg, la nítida estructura de su libro, satisfarán tanto a los especialistas como a los legos en la materia, proporcionándoles abundante información. A lo largo del libro, el autor presta especial atención a los contextos culturales e institucionales en los que se creó y difundió el conocimiento científico y a los modos en que la filosofía y la religión influyeron en el contenido y la práctica de la ciencia. Aunque se apoya en un amplio cuerpo de investigación llevada a cabo en las últimas décadas por diversos historiadores de la ciencia, de la filosofía y de la religión, Lindberg no duda en proponer nuevas interpretaciones y en aventurar opiniones prestas a resolver antiguas disputas históricas. Una impresionante colección de inusuales y excepcionales fotografías, mapas y figuras ilustran bellamente el texto.

La Tradición Científica Europea en el Contexto Filosófico, Religioso e Institucional: Desde el 600 A. C. Hasta 1450

Los Inicios de la Ciencia Occidental

Roger Bacon

A critical edition and facing-page translation, accompanied by substantial analytical introduction and notes, of Perspectiva by Roger Bacon, a foundational text of modern optics written in about 1260, which defined the subject for the next 350 years.

Perspectiva

An account of the history of the social sciences since the late eighteenth century.

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 7, The Modern Social Sciences

In this book, sixteen leading scholars address themselves to providing as full an account of medieval science as current knowledge permits. Designed to be introductory, the authors have directed their chapters to a beginning audience of diverse readers.

David C. Lindberg

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