Reconfiguring the world : nature, God, and human understanding from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe / Margaret J. Osler.
Osler, Margaret J., 1942-2010.
2010
Q124.97 .O85 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Reconfiguring the world : nature, God, and human understanding from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe / Margaret J. Osler.
Author Osler, Margaret J., 1942-2010.
ISBN 9780801896569 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801896568 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801896552 (alk. paper)
080189655X (alk. paper)
Publication Details Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description x, 184 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number Q124.97 .O85 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 509.4
Summary Tracing the views of the natural world to their biblical, Greek, and Arabic sources, Osler demonstrates the impact of the Renaissance recovery of ancient texts, printing, the Protestant Reformation, and the exploration of the New World. She shows how the traditional disciplinary boundaries established by Aristotle changed dramatically during this period and finds the tensions of science and religion expressed as differences between natural philosophy and theology. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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