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1、moreinformation-www.cambridge.org/9780521594486THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFSCIENCEvolume2MedievalScienceThisvolumeinthehighlyrespectedCambridgeHistoryofScienceseriesisdevotedtothehistoryofscienceintheMiddleAgesfromtheNorthAtlantictotheIndusValley.Medievalsc

2、iencewasonceuniversallydismissedasnonexistentandsometimesitstillis.Thisvolumerevealsthediversityofgoals,contexts,andaccomplishmentsinthestudyofnatureduringtheMiddleAges.Organizedbytopicandculture,itsessaysbydistinguishedscholarsofferthemostcomprehens

3、iveandup-to-datehistoryofmedievalsciencecurrentlyavailable.Intendedtoprovideabalancedandinclusivetreatmentofthemedievalworld,contributorsconsiderscientificlearningandadvancementintheculturesassociatedwiththeArabic,Greek,Latin,andHebrewlanguages.Scient

4、ists,historians,andothercuriousreaderswillallgainanewappreciationforthestudyofnatureduringanerathatisoftenmisunderstood.DavidC.LindbergisHilldaleProfessorEmeritusoftheHistoryofSci-enceandpastdirectoroftheInstituteforResearchintheHumanitiesattheUniver

5、sityofWisconsinMadison.Hehaswrittenoreditedadozenbooksontopicsinthehistoryofmedievalandearly-modernscience,includ-ingTheBeginningsofWesternScience(1992).HeandRonaldL.NumbershavepreviouslycoeditedGodandNature:HistoricalEssaysontheEncounterbetweenChris

6、tianityandScience(1986)andWhenScienceandChristianityMeet(2003).AFellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,hehasbeenarecipientoftheSartonMedaloftheHistoryofScienceSociety,ofwhichheisalsopastpresident(19945).MichaelH.ShankisProfessoroftheHistoryofSci

7、enceattheUniversityofWisconsinMadison.Heistheauthorof“UnlessYouBelieve,YouShallNotUnderstand”:Logic,University,andSocietyinLateMedievalVienna(1988);theeditorofTheScientificEnterpriseinAntiquityandtheMiddleAges:ReadingsfromIsis(2000);thecoeditor,withPe

8、terHarrisonandRonaldL.Numbers,ofWrestlingwithNature:FromOmenstoScience(2011);andtheauthorofnumerousarticlesineditedcollectionsandscholarlyjournals.THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFSCIENCEGeneraleditorsDavidC.LindbergandRonaldL.Numbersvolume1.AncientScienceEdited