Science and Religion, 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550: From Aristotle to Copernicus

by Edward Grant

Book Overview

Many people believe that during the Middle Ages, Christianity was actively hostile toward science (then known as natural philosophy) and impeded its progress. This comprehensive survey of science and religion during the period between the lives of Aristotle and Copernicus demonstrates how this was not the case. Medieval theologians were not hostile to learning natural philosophy, but embraced it. Had they had not done so, the science that developed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313328587
• ISBN13: 9780313328589
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

brilliant and clear

One does not find too often within a single book such combination of precise scholarship, objectivity, sense of perspective and clarity of exposition. Its price is modest, but beware, it might well compel you to refresh some of your ideas and knowledge on the subject.