UID:
almahu_9949703675702882
Format:
1 online resource (xxxii, 330 pages, [5] pages of plates) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004247321
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 78
Content:
These studies respond to the challenge posed twenty years ago by John E. Murdoch, in whose honor they have been assembled: to interpret ancient and medieval mathematical and scientific texts not just as isolated intellectual productions but as responses to particular settings or contexts. Two broad settings are explored here: that of the wider intellectual culture, where relations among mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy - and also theology, logic and astrology - are shown to have shaped individual texts; and the context of lay society, where institutional structures, patronage, even personal relationships impinged upon scientific writing. The volume reinforces the growing recognition that ancient and medieval scientific texts "made a difference" to their authors and audiences and must be understood in relation to topics like disciplinary identity, career advancement, lay interest, and practical applicability. Publications by John E. Murdoch : Edited by Christoph Lüthy, John E. Murdoch and William R. Newman , Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscular Matter Theories , ISBN : 978 90 04 11516 3
Note:
Preliminary Material /
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Eudoxan Astronomy And Aristotelian Holism In The Physics /
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The Latin Sources Of Quadrans Vetus, And What They Imply For Its Authorship And Date /
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Roger Bacon's De Laudibus Mathematicae. A Preliminary Study /
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What Really Happened On 7 March 1277? Bishop Tempier's Condemnation And Its Institutional Context /
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Armengaud Blaise As A Translator Of Galen /
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The Meanings Of Natural Diversity: Marco Polo On The "Division" Of The World /
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Thomas Bradwardine's De Continuo And The Structure Of Fourteenth-Century Learning /
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Nicole Oresme, Aristotle's On The Heavens, And The Court Of Charles V /
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Charles V, Nicole Oresme, And Christine De Pizan: Unities And Uses Of Knowledge In Fourteenth-Century France /
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Academic Consulting In Fifteenth-Century Vienna: The Case Of Astrology /
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Domingo De Soto's "Laws" Of Motion: Text And Context /
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Art, Nature, And Experiment Among Some Aristotelian Alchemists /
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Index Codicum /
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General Index /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Science: Studies on the Occasion of John E. Murdoch's Seventieth Birthday Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 1997, ISBN 9789004108233
Language:
English
