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001			on1137839490
003			OCoLC
005			20201215144230.0
008			200626t20202020nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2020028315
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dSO$ _dJQM _dOCLCO _dSYB _dOCLCO _dNFG
020			_a9781324002932 _q(hardcover)
020			_a132400293X _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781324002949 _q(epub)
035			_a(OCoLC)1137839490
041	1		_aeng _aenm _alat _aita _henm _hlat _hita
042			_apcc
092			_a509.409 _bF191
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aFalk, Seb, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe light ages : _bthe surprising story of medieval science / _cSeb Falk.
250			_aFirst American edition.
263			_a2011
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_axv, 391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color) : _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
546			_aIncludes quotations in Middle English, Latin, or Italian, with translations in English.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: the mystery manuscript -- Westwyk and Westwick -- The reckoning of time -- Universitas -- Astrolabe and Albion -- Saturn in the first house -- The bishop's crusade -- Computer of the planets -- Epilogue: the mystery instrument.
520			_a"An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk. Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks, proving that the Middle Ages were home to a vibrant scientific culture. In 'The Light Ages', Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on an immersive tour of medieval science through the story of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient astrolabe, we learn emerging science alongside Westwyk, while following the gripping story of the struggles and successes of an ordinary man in a precarious world. An enlightening history that argues that these times weren't so dark after all, 'The Light Ages' shows how medieval ideas continue to color how we see the world today"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aScience, Medieval _xHistory.
650		0	_aScience _xHistory. _941200
650		0	_aInventions _xHistory. _933896
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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