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leicht besto�n, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / slightly bumped, otherwise perfect condition - The origins of modern science date back at least as far as the thirteenth century, but it was not until the end of the sixteenth century that the Scientific Revolution began to gather breathtaking speed. Since then, man's view of himself and his world has changed so profoundly that the Scientific Revolution has been compared in the history of civilization to the rise of ancient Greek philosophy in the sixth and fifth centuries A.C, and to the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries a.d. -- Historians of science seeking to grasp more fully the nature and meaning of modern science are especially interested in the centuries leading up to the Scientific Revolution and the changes in scientific thinking that occurred during that time. In this book, a noted scholar offers a richly illuminating review of those developments as science recovered from its decay after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West and proceeded toward its full reflowering in the seventeenth century. -- Beginning with a brief account of ideas about the natural world in Western Christendom, from the Dark Ages to the twelfth century, the author goes on to show how the system of scientific thought accepted in the thirteenth century was introduced from Greek and Arabic sources. He also offers thought-provoking insights into such topics as the relationship of technical activity to science throughout the medieval period, the criticism of Aristotle in the later Middle Ages and the Scientific Revolution itself. ISBN 9780486288505