{"product_id":"mathematics-and-its-applications-to-science-and-natural-philosophy-in-the-middle-ages-essays-in-honour-of-marshall-clagett-paperback-9780521141949","title":"Mathematics and its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages; Essays in Honour of Marshall Clagett (Paperback) 9780521141949","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMathematics and its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Honour of Marshall Clagett\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEleven distinguished historians of science explore natural philosophy and mathematics in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Grant (Edited by), John Emery Murdoch (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521141949, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 1 April 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1987, this important synthesis represented the first effort by modern scholars to convey the variety of ways in which medieval scientists and natural philosophers used mathematics and mathematical modes of thought to describe natural phenomena. Eleven distinguished historians of science contributed original essays on the application of mathematics to natural philosophy, astronomy, cosmology, optics and medicine. The book is a fitting tribute to Professor Marshall Clagett of The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for his significant contributions to the history of medieval science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Edward Grant and John E. Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e Pure Mathematics: 1. The medieval tradition of Archimedes' Sphere and Cylinder Wilbur Knorr\u003cbr\u003e Applied Mathematics: 2. Colonizing the world for mathematics: the diversity of medieval strategies A. George Molland\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Natural Philosophy: 3. Mathematical physics and imagination in the work of the Oxford Calculators: Roger Swineshead's On Natural Motions Edith D. Sylla\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thomas Bradwardine: mathematics and continuity in the fourteenth century John E. Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Astronomy and Cosmology: 5. Plinian astronomical diagrams in the early Middle Ages Bruce Eastwood\u003cbr\u003e 6. Coordinates and categories: the graphical representation of functions in medieval astronomy J. D. North\u003cbr\u003e 7. Eccentrics and epicycles in medieval cosmology Edward Grant\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Optics: 8. Psychology versus mathematics: Ptolemy and Alhazen on the moon illusion A. I. Sabra\u003cbr\u003e 9. Roger Bacon and the origins of perspectiva in the West David C. Lindberg\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mathematics and experiement in Witelo's Perspectiva Sabetai Unguru\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Medicine: 11. The two faces of a medical career: Jordanus de Turre of Motpellier Michael R. McVaugh\u003cbr\u003e Publications of Marshall Clagett\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006692970776,"sku":"9780521141949","price":42.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521141949i_50409d51-e127-4701-89a7-78ca292b1dc6.jpg?v=1691372348","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mathematics-and-its-applications-to-science-and-natural-philosophy-in-the-middle-ages-essays-in-honour-of-marshall-clagett-paperback-9780521141949","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}