New Dictionary of Scientific Biography

New Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Author: Noretta Koertge

Publisher: Scribner

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13:

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Also available online as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library under the title Complete dictionary of scientific biography.


New Dictionary of Scientific Biography

New Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Author: Noretta Koertge

Publisher: Scribner

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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Also available online as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library under the title Complete dictionary of scientific biography.


Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2

Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2

Author: David Deming

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0786456426

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Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the second in a roughly chronological series, explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam through the Middle Ages, focusing especially on the historical relationship between science and religion. Specific topics include technological innovations during the Middle Ages; Islamic science; the Crusades; Gothic cathedrals; and the founding of Western universities. Close attention is given to such figures as Paul the Apostle, Hippolytus, Lactantius, Cyril of Alexandria, Hypatia, Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Prophet Mohammed.