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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The medieval world The medieval world Robert Snedden "Covers the inventions and technology of Europeans living in medieval times and how their ideas influenced technology today"--Provided by publisher. OL15073959W
Roger Bacon y la Ciencia Experimental Roger Bacon y la Ciencia Experimental Daniel Cerqueiro En este libro se desarrolla una biografía y doxografía de Roger Bacon, al tiempo que se describe las características de la madurez intelectual de este notable personaje, analizando sus ideas, sus sue… OL15692034W
The first scientist The first scientist Brian Clegg "Roger Bacon, a humble and devout English friar, seems an unlikely figure to challenge the orthodoxy of his day - yet this unworldly man risked his life to establish the basis for true scientific kno… OL157321W
The House of Wisdom The House of Wisdom Jim Al-Khalili A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of … OL15976945W
Technology in ancient & medieval India Technology in ancient & medieval India Aniruddha Ray Papers presented at the Seminar on Technology in Medieval India--16th to 18th Century, September 7 and 8, 1984, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Calcutta. OL19056143W
Aristotle leads the way Aristotle leads the way Joy Hakim The Story of Science follows the human quest to learn, an approach to history intended to inspire and inform.. Will the 20th century be remembered for its succession of wars. or for relativity, quant… OL1965021W
Economy and nature in the fourteenth century Economy and nature in the fourteenth century Joel Kaye This book provides new perspectives on the ways in which scholastic natural philosophy anticipated and contributed to the emergence of scientific thought. Historians of medieval science have hesitate… OL2647546W
Botones, bancos, brújulas Botones, bancos, brújulas Chiara Frugoni La Edad Media de las mil invenciones. Este libro recoge, a través de un relato fascinante, la historia documentada de esa Edad Media con sonriente ironía y ricas ilustraciones. La Edad Media es recor… OL28176124W
Book of Instructions in the Elements of the Art of Astrology Book of Instructions in the Elements of the Art of Astrology Muhammad Ibn Ahmad, Abu al-Raihan al-Biruni. The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology was written for Lady Rayhanah, to whom it is dedicated. R. Ramsay Wright, the translator, said it could be regarded as a primer of 11th… OL8060465W