Medieval and Early Modern Science, Vol. 1: Science in the Middle Ages, V–XIII Centuries

356 Pages·1959·37.858 MB·English

by  A. C. Crombie

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Alistair Cameron Crombie was bora in Brisbane,
Australia, in 1915 and graduated in natural science
from the Universities of Melbourne and Cambridge.
He taught and carried out research in biology at
Cambridge until 1946, when he went to the Univer-
sity of London to teach the history and philosophy of
science. In 1953 ne was appointed to his present post
as Senior Lecturer in the History of Science in the
University of Oxford. He has also served as Visiting
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washing-
ton and ha* lectured at a number of other universities
inEuropeand America, in addition tobroadcastingon
the Third Programme of the BBC. Hewas the original
editor of The British Journal for the Philosophy of
Science. He is the author of a numberof scientific and
historical papers and of two books, Augustine to Gali-
leo: the History of Science A.D. 400-1650 (1952,
1954, 1957) and Robert Grosseteste and the Origins
of Experimental Science 1100-1700 (1953).

MEDIEVAL AND
EARLY MODERN
SCIENCE
Volume I
Science in the Middle Ages:
V-XIII Centuries
CROMBIE
A. C.
DOUBLEDAY ANCHOR BOOKS
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC.
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
1959
The illustrations on the cover, showing geese
in flight, are taken from De Arte Venandi
cum Avibus (The Art of Falconry), Emperor
MS
Frederick II, Vatican Palatino Latino 1071
(xiii century). Cover design and typography
by Edward Gorey.
Medieval and Early Modern Science, Vol-
ume I:Science in the Middle Ages is a revision
of the first four chapters of Augustine to
Galileo: the history of science a.d. 400-
1650 (London, 1952) by A. C. Crombie. Vol-
ume II: Science in the Later Middle Ages and
Early Modern Times, is a revision of Chapters
V
and VI.
First published under the title Augustine to
Galileo: the History of Science A.D. 400-1650
by the Falcon Press (London) Limited. Pub-
lished 1953 by Harvard University Press. Re-
vised edition, 1959.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 59-6472
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