The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450, Second Edition

The most comprehensive account of ancient and medieval science, a standard work for understanding the history of science

The Beginnings of Western Science is a landmark, the best book to ever to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to late-Medieval scholasticism, David C. Lindberg surveys all the most important themes in the history of ...