The Book Everyone Read
The Sphere of Sacrobosco and the Origins of Modern Science
$53.54
- Hardcover
376 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2027
Summary
How an all-but-forgotten medieval astronomy book ushered in the modern age of science
Few people today have heard of Johannes de Sacrobosco, yet his textbook was the most widely read astronomy book ever written. For five hundred years, from when it was first written in the Middle Ages to the dawn of the modern world, the Sphere introduced Europeans to the cosmos. The Book Everyone Read traces the unpredictable twists and turns of scientific knowledge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691236476 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 069123647X |
| Author: | Kathleen M. Crowther |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Kathleen M. Crowther
Kathleen M. Crowther is professor in the Department of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation and Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America.
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