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In remembrance ALBERTO COFFA (1935-1984) Professor of History and Philosophy of Science Indiana University-Bloomington WILLIAM COLEMAN (1934-1988) Dickson-Bascom Professor of Humanities and Professor of History of Science and Medicine University of Wisconsin-Madison VICTOR E. THOREN (1935-1991) Professor of History and Philosophy of Science Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge Indiana University-Bloomington The Pitt Building, Trurnpington Street, Cambridge CB2 IRP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1996 First published 1994 Reprinted 1996 First paperback edition 1996 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-521-43344-4 hardback ISBN 0-521-56509-X paperback

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Medieval cosmology was a fusion of pagan Greek ideas and biblical descriptions of the world, especially the creation account in Genesis. Because cosmology was based on discussions of the relevant works of Aristotle, primary responsibility for its study fell to scholastic theologians and natural phil

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In remembrance ALBERTO COFFA (1935-1984) Professor of History and Philosophy of Science Indiana University-Bloomington WILLIAM COLEMAN (1934-1988) Dickson-Bascom Professor of Humanities and Professor of History of Science and Medicine University of Wisconsin-Madison VICTOR E. THOREN (1935-1991) Professor of History and Philosophy of Science Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge Indiana University-Bloomington The Pitt Building, Trurnpington Street, Cambridge CB2 IRP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1996 First published 1994 Reprinted 1996 First paperback edition 1996 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-521-43344-4 hardback ISBN 0-521-56509-X paperback

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Medieval cosmology was a fusion of pagan Greek ideas and biblical descriptions of the world, especially the creation account in Genesis. Because cosmology was based on discussions of the relevant works of Aristotle, primary responsibility for its study fell to scholastic theologians and natural phil

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