01040nam a2200193Ia 4500 CTU_218497 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 509 D141 Dales, Richard C. The scientific achievement of the Middle Ages Richard C. Dales Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1973 The scientists of the twelfth century were daring, original, inventive, and above all determined to discover purely rational explanations of natural phenomena. Their intense interest in the natural world for its own sake, their habits of precise observation, and the high value they place on man as a rational being portend a new age in the history of scientific thought. This book offers a comprehensive sampling of medieval scientific thought in the context of an historical narrative. Science, Medieval,Khoa học, Trung cổ Trúc Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ