Reconfiguring the world : nature, God, and human understanding from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe /
Osler, Margaret J.,1942-
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Western view of the world before 1500 -- Winds of change : searching for a new philosophy of nature -- Observing the heavens : from Aristotelian cosmology to the uniformity of nature -- Creating a new philosophy of nature -- Shifting boundaries : from mixed mathematics to mathematical physics -- Exploring the properties of matter : alchemy and chemistry -- Studying life : plants, animals, and humans -- Rethinking the universe : Newton on gravity and God.
Science, Medieval.
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