James Hannam
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The Globe
How the Earth Became Round
- Reaktion Books, 2025
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 17,75 €
ISBN 978-1-83639-112-8
EAN 9781836391128
Now in paperback, The Globe traces humanity's quest to understand the true shape of the Earth. Ancient Greek philosophers identified it as spherical in the fourth century BCE, with this knowledge spreading via Rome, India, and Central Asia. The Catholic Church accepted a round Earth well before Columbus, yet Jesuit missionaries only persuaded the Chinese ...
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God's Philosophers
How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science
- Icon Books, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 13,05 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-150-3
EAN 9781848311503
This is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilized behavior. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution.In "God's Philosophers", James Hannam debunks ...
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