The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution

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The Not-So-Dark Dark AgesWhat they forgot to teach you in school:People in the Middle Ages did not think the world was flatThe Inquisition never executed anyone because of their scientific ideologiesIt was medieval scientific discoveries, including various methods, that made possible Western civilization's "Scientific Revolution"As a physicist and historian of science James Hannam debunks myths of the Middle Ages in his brilliant book The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution. Without the medieval scholars, there would be no modern science.Discover the Dark Ages and their inventions, research methods, and what conclusions they actually made about the shape of the world.dle Ages were a time of one intellectual triumph after another. As Dr. Hannam writes, "The people of medieval Europe invented spectacles, the mechanical clock, the windmill, and the blast furnace by themselves. Lenses and cameras, almost all kinds of machinery, and the industrial revolution itself all owe their origins to the forgotten inventors of the Middle Ages."In The Genesis of Science you will discoverWhy the scientific accomplishments of the Middle Ages far surpassed those of the classical worldHow medieval craftsmen and scientists not only made discoveries of their own, but seized upon Eastern inventions-printing, gunpowder, and the compass-and improved them beyond the dreams of their originatorsHow Galileo's notorious trial before the Inquisition was about politics, not scienceWhy the theology of the Catholic Church, far from being an impediment, led directly to the development of modern scienceProvocative, engaging, and a terrific read, James Hannam's Genesis of Science will change the way you think about our past-and our future.
Copyright:
2011

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ISBN-13:
9781596982055
Related ISBNs:
9781596981553
Publisher:
Regnery Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
James Hannam
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Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality
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