Description: Preface 1. Science, Technology, and Economic Progress in the Early Middle Ages Brian Stock 2. The Transmission of Greek and Arabic Learning in the West David C. Lindberg 3. The Philosophical Setting of Medieval Science William A. Wallace, O.P. 4. The Institutional Setting: The Universities Pearl Kibre and Nancy G. Siraisi 5. Mathematics Michael S. Mahoney 6. The Science of Weights Joseph E. Brown The Science of Motion John E. Murdoch and Edith D. Sylla 8. Cosmology Edward Grant 9. Astronomy Olaf Pedersen 10. The Science of Optics David C. Lindberg 11. The Science of Matter Robert P. Multhauf 12. Medicine Charles H. Talbot 13. Natural History Jerry Stannard 14. The Nature, Scope, and Classification of the Sciences James A. Weisheipl, O.P. 15. Science and Magic Bert Hansen Suggestions for Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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