the beginnings of western science: the european scientific tradition in philosophical, religious, and institutional context, prehistory to a.d. 1450

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About the Book:Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to late-medieval scholasticism, this title surveys the themes in the history of science, including developments in cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, optics, alchemy, natural history, and medicine.