God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern ScienceThis is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilized behavior. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution. In God's Philosophers, James Hannam debunks many of the myths about the Middle Ages, showing that medieval people did not think the earth is flat, nor did Columbus 'prove' that it is a sphere; the Inquisition burnt nobody for their science nor was Copernicus afraid of persecution. |
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The Truth about Science in the Middle Ages | 1 |
After the Fall of Rome Progress in the Early Middle Ages | 11 |
The Mathematical Pope | 25 |
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