Medieval and Early Modern Science, Vol. 1: Science in the Middle Ages, V–XIII Centuries PDF
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$1.10 in Canada AND EDIEVAL EARLY MODERN SCIENCE VOLUME l Science in the Middle Acres: V-XI1I Centuries CROMBIE C. . REVISED SECOMD EDITION MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SCIENCE Volume I floBM ? Q HMfi '5 2£&e> £JUlu f*\ ( dTb) fotJULy r* 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 Copyright © 1959 by A. C. Crombie All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America TO NANCY
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