The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450
This is the first book in two decades to survey science in the ancient world, the first book in four decades to survey medieval science, and the first book ever to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science. Lindberg looks at the most important themes of that science (mathematics, astronomy, alchemy, etc.) and provides a fresh account of the transmission of science from Ancient Greece to Islam to Medieval Europe.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.