Why read The Beginnings of Western Science?

Book cover of The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450

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When it was first published in 1992, "The Beginnings of Western Science" was lauded as the first successful attempt to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to late-medieval scholasticism,…

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2 authors picked The Beginnings of Western Science as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

James C. Ungureanu

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This book holds a special place in my heart as one of the first books I encountered on the history of science and religion. Lindberg's masterful exploration of the European scientific tradition from 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450 served as my introduction to this captivating field of study.

In many ways, I owe my journey as a historian of science to the insights gleaned from Lindberg's work. While I never had the privilege of meeting him before his passing, his scholarship continues to inspire and shape my understanding of the intricate relationship between science and religion.

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Robert K. DeKosky

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This survey of ancient and medieval Western science delves into theological, philosophical, social, and institutional aspects of developments in the physical and biological sciences, and in medicine.

Its illustrations are beautiful and apt, and the well-written exposition reflects the knowledge and erudition of one of my favorite teachers during my graduate study at the University of Wisconsin, a leading scholar of medieval science during the latter 20th and early 21st centuries.

From Robert's list on the physical sciences and natural philosophy.