Light Ages. Journey into the World of Medieval Science
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The Middle Ages were not only a time of endless wars and epidemics, but also an era of scientific discovery and the selfless pursuit of knowledge. Medieval thinkers and practitioners explored the world around them, founded the first universities, invented mechanical clocks and instruments for observing the celestial luminaries. In this book, our guide to the world of medieval science will be a real person, a monk named John Westwick, who lived in the fourteenth century and was educated in the largest monastery in England. The fascinating history of his scientific labors allowed the author to show not the parade world of star names and discoveries, but the atmosphere of scientific inquiry of that time, to present the ideas and achievements of the nameless majority of people with a scientific mindset, so often escaped the attention of historians. Traveling with Brother John through Britain and beyond, we will meet curious characters of those years: an English abbot watchmaker, a French artisan who became a spy, a Persian polymath who founded the most advanced observatory in the world. We will learn how these people navigated by the stars, multiplied Roman numerals, cured diseases and determined time with the help of an astrolabe, and reconsider the attitude to the Middle Ages as dark times.
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