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Author : Brian Vickers
Release : 1996
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Book Synopsis Mathematics and the Medieval Ancestry of Physics [Book-review] by : Brian Vickers
Download or read book Mathematics and the Medieval Ancestry of Physics [Book-review] written by Brian Vickers. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Molland
Release : 2024-10-28
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Mathematics and the Medieval Ancestry of Physics by : George Molland
Download or read book Mathematics and the Medieval Ancestry of Physics written by George Molland. This book was released on 2024-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Marshall Clagett
Release : 1979
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Synopsis Studies in Medieval Physics and Mathematics by : Marshall Clagett
Download or read book Studies in Medieval Physics and Mathematics written by Marshall Clagett. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Grant
Release : 1987-08
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages by : Edward Grant
Download or read book Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages written by Edward Grant. This book was released on 1987-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven distinguished historians of science explore natural philosophy and mathematics in the Middle Ages.
Author : William F. Woods
Release : 2008-06-30
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Chaucerian Spaces by : William F. Woods
Download or read book Chaucerian Spaces written by William F. Woods. This book was released on 2008-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaucerian Spaces explores the affect and the significance of space and place in the first six tales in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Relatively little has been written about space in the Canterbury Tales, yet the rewards for attending to this aspect of Chaucer's aesthetic are considerable. Space indicates the potential for characteristic action, development, and a more profound expression of being. In these tales, characters inhabit a landscape and places within it that express their inner life. Emelye in her garden, Palamon and Arcite in the grove—all occupy spaces or places that manifest social destiny and individual intention. Space and subjectivity change as territories give way to households, and the horizons of consciousness shrink to the core of human intent. Most striking is the transformation of women in place. Emelye, Alysoun, even Custance and the Wife of Bath, dwell in places that express their social and economic potential. They are in place, but place is also in them: they merge in metaphor with the places that express them, bringing the reader closer to the sensible, reflective experience of the medieval subject.
