Augustine to Galileo, Complete in One Volume: Volume I: Science in the Middle Ages, 5th to 13th Centuries; Volume II: Science in the Later Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, 13th to 17th Centuries
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979.
Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5". 372pp. Mild rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bump on tail of spine. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to corners, and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slight lean to spine. Binding is firm and sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Augustine to Galileo is a two-volume study of natural science in medieval and early modern Europe. Using recent research into original sources, Dr. Crombie traces the history of scientific theory and invention from its decay after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West through its recovery in the different cultural context of the Middle Ages to the new scientific style of the seventeenth century.(Publisher). Very good / very good. Item #15280
ISBN: 0674052730
Price: $25.00