The Light Ages The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

Seb Falk

eAudio - 2020

An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk.Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific culture.In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. Born in a rural manor, educated in England's grandes...t monastery, and then exiled to a clifftop priory, Westwyk was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient...

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Tantor Media, Inc
Language
English
Main Author
Seb Falk
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File Size319 GB
ISBN9781705265598
Release Date11/24/2020