The author sees the history of Western Science as the history of a vision and an argument, initiated by the ancient Gree
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By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head,
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A.C. Crombie was one of the best known writers on the history of Science. Science, Optics and Music in Medieval and Earl
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Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entert
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This book on medieval and early modern corpuscular matter theories presents the research results of nineteen scholars, w
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In 1939 a group of artists, designers, architects, scientists and military experts met in Sydney, Australia, to discuss
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This sixth volume in the AVISTA series considers "The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel". In rec
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This collection of essays, written by leading experts, showcases historiographical problems, fresh interpretations, and
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