Development of Physical Theory in the Middle Ages (Aa, 181)
Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr
Published: September 1971
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780472061815
Subjects: Social theory
Description: "In this book, a noted historian traces the development of scientific theory from the early centuries of the Christian era to the Age of Galileo and the advent of modern science. The author explains the main tenets of the systems of Plato and Aristotle and shows how these systems were the foundations for opposing approaches to science in the Middle Ages. He discusses the significant developments in science at Oxford and Paris in the fourteenth century and describes their influence on later thought"--