Mathematics and its applications to science and natural philosophy in the middle ages: essays in honour of marshall clagett
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521141949
Date de publication :
1 avr. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
520 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Originally published in 1987, this important synthesis represents 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.