Bright centuries. Travel to the world of medieval science
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The story of a monk describing the daily life of scientists who lived in the era of the Middle Ages.
A fascinating story about medieval science through the eyes of a monk.
The book refutes the common opinion about the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages for Science.
The Middle Ages were not only the time of endless wars and epidemics, but also the era of scientific discoveries and a disinterested desire for knowledge. Medieval thinkers and practices investigated the world around us, founded the first universities, invented a mechanical clock and devices for observing heavenly luminaries.
In this book, our guide to the world of medieval science will be a real person, a monk named John Westrik, who lived in the XIV century and was an education in the largest monastery of England. The fascinating story of his scientific works allowed the author to show not the ceremonial world of star names and discoveries, but the atmosphere of the scientific search for that time, to present the ideas and achievement of the nameless majority of people with a scientific warehouse of the mind, so often elusive of the attention of historians. Traveling with Brother John in Britain and beyond, we will meet curious characters of those years: an English abbot, a French artisan who became a spy, a Persian erudite who founded the most advanced observatory in the world. We learn how these people were guided by the stars, multiplied the Roman numbers, treated the disease and determined the time with the help of astrolabia, and revise the attitude to the Middle Ages as dark times.
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"The book of the British historian Seba Falk shows the world of the Middle Ages from an unusual angle and refutes the prevailing ideas about the confrontation of science and religion in those days. It was based on the biography of the English monk of the XIV century - and the story of his monastery everyday life, scientific works and travels resulted in a fascinating narrative. Exceptionally cognitive and at the same time excitingly interesting, this is exactly what the real popular science literature should be. "
Natalia Narcisssoa, Deputy editor-in-Chief of the Publishing House Alpina Non-Fikshn
"We are used to noding to the Middle Ages as a period of cultural and technological backwardness, contrasting it with the eras of education and technological progress. However, Seb Falk convincingly proves that this is not so. And in the Middle Ages, progress went on its own way, humanity actively accumulated knowledge, and the people of the Middle Ages were not so different from our contemporaries.
Galina Borodina, translator
Seb Falk equally easily talks about the routine of some monk, about the arrangement of the armillary sphere, the use of astrolabia, the basics of surgery in the middle of the XIV century, the intricacies of Easter. And all this without any simplifications, without flirting with the reader, without verbosity and with great knowledge of the matter. Very British book. And very on time. "
Oleg Voskobobonikov, ordinary professor NIU HSE, co -founder of the Stradarium project
"Seb Falk with such knowledge of the matter, details, love and expressiveness describes the science of the late Middle Ages, that his book can easily replace the time machine. Subbed in reading with your head, you begin to feel a special charm of that era. The author displays the most interesting details of daily skills and practices with a powerful beam of the plot spotlight, when there was an astrolabia with a smart clock, and the fingers of two hands were an electronic calculator, and skillfully turns these centuries from dark into bright ones. ”
Mikhail Shevchenko, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences
A fascinating story about medieval science through the eyes of a monk.
The book refutes the common opinion about the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages for Science.
The Middle Ages were not only the time of endless wars and epidemics, but also the era of scientific discoveries and a disinterested desire for knowledge. Medieval thinkers and practices investigated the world around us, founded the first universities, invented a mechanical clock and devices for observing heavenly luminaries.
In this book, our guide to the world of medieval science will be a real person, a monk named John Westrik, who lived in the XIV century and was an education in the largest monastery of England. The fascinating story of his scientific works allowed the author to show not the ceremonial world of star names and discoveries, but the atmosphere of the scientific search for that time, to present the ideas and achievement of the nameless majority of people with a scientific warehouse of the mind, so often elusive of the attention of historians. Traveling with Brother John in Britain and beyond, we will meet curious characters of those years: an English abbot, a French artisan who became a spy, a Persian erudite who founded the most advanced observatory in the world. We learn how these people were guided by the stars, multiplied the Roman numbers, treated the disease and determined the time with the help of astrolabia, and revise the attitude to the Middle Ages as dark times.
Quotes
"The book of the British historian Seba Falk shows the world of the Middle Ages from an unusual angle and refutes the prevailing ideas about the confrontation of science and religion in those days. It was based on the biography of the English monk of the XIV century - and the story of his monastery everyday life, scientific works and travels resulted in a fascinating narrative. Exceptionally cognitive and at the same time excitingly interesting, this is exactly what the real popular science literature should be. "
Natalia Narcisssoa, Deputy editor-in-Chief of the Publishing House Alpina Non-Fikshn
"We are used to noding to the Middle Ages as a period of cultural and technological backwardness, contrasting it with the eras of education and technological progress. However, Seb Falk convincingly proves that this is not so. And in the Middle Ages, progress went on its own way, humanity actively accumulated knowledge, and the people of the Middle Ages were not so different from our contemporaries.
Galina Borodina, translator
Seb Falk equally easily talks about the routine of some monk, about the arrangement of the armillary sphere, the use of astrolabia, the basics of surgery in the middle of the XIV century, the intricacies of Easter. And all this without any simplifications, without flirting with the reader, without verbosity and with great knowledge of the matter. Very British book. And very on time. "
Oleg Voskobobonikov, ordinary professor NIU HSE, co -founder of the Stradarium project
"Seb Falk with such knowledge of the matter, details, love and expressiveness describes the science of the late Middle Ages, that his book can easily replace the time machine. Subbed in reading with your head, you begin to feel a special charm of that era. The author displays the most interesting details of daily skills and practices with a powerful beam of the plot spotlight, when there was an astrolabia with a smart clock, and the fingers of two hands were an electronic calculator, and skillfully turns these centuries from dark into bright ones. ”
Mikhail Shevchenko, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences
Author:
Author:Фальк Себ
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00139-815-8
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