Science, optics, and music in medieval and early modern thought
By: A.C. Crombie.
Publisher: Hambledon Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London [England]; Ronceverte, WV, U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
Subjects: Science -- History.; Science -- Europe -- History.; Science, Medieval.; Optics -- History.; Music -- History and criticism.
Description: "A.C. Crombie was one of the best known writers on the history of Science. Science, Optics and Music in Medieval and Early Modern Thought brings together a coherent body of essays that complement his books and are of independent value. A.C. Crombie traces general themes in the development of Science: the Aristotelian inheritance and the importance of the search for logical explanation in the middle ages; the ambitions and limitations of experiment and quantification; changing attitudes to scientific progress; the relations between Science and the Arts, and between Mathematics, Music and Medical Science; and the study of the senses. In particular he shows how the mechanistic hypothesis stimulated the experimental and philosophical study of vision."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.