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The Genesis Of Science: How The Christian Middle Ages Launched The Scientific Revolution (2009)

by James Hannam(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1596981555 (ISBN13: 9781596981553)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Regnery Publishing

review 1: Believe the author sets up the book to show the contribution of the predecessors of Galileo and how the Middle Ages wasn't a stagnant period in the development of natural philosophy and science. Though it was mentioned briefly, the problem of indeterminacy and claiming as true theories on the laws of nature when not enough evidence could support it given technological limitations was the main cause of conflict between science and religion in the Middle Ages. Most fascinating book.
review 2: Very interesting and readable history of the natural philosophers and "scientists" of medieval period. This well-researched book easily dispels the myth that the church suppressed knowledge and inquiry, but was birthed and raised in the church and church founded universities... more. Christian philosophers there learned to deal with insights and errors of the Greek philosophers and build upon them. The book climaxes with the achievements of Galileo, showing how essential the medieval period was to the developments of modern science. less

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