TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murdoch,John Emery
AU  - Sylla,Edith Dudley
AU  - McVaugh,M.R.
TI  - Texts and contexts in ancient and medieval science: studies on the occasion of John E. Murdoch's seventieth birthday 
T2  - Brill's studies in intellectual history,
SN  - 9789004247321
AV  - Q124.95 .T49 1997
U1  - 509.3 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Leiden, New York
PB  - Brill
KW  - Murdoch, John Emery,
KW  - Science, Ancient
KW  - Science, Medieval
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Preliminary Material; Edith Sylla and Michael McVaugh --; Eudoxan Astronomy And Aristotelian Holism In The Physics; Jean de Groot --; The Latin Sources Of Quadrans Vetus, And What They Imply For Its Authorship And Date; †Wilbur R. Knorr --; Roger Bacon's De Laudibus Mathematicae. A Preliminary Study; George Molland --; What Really Happened On 7 March 1277? Bishop Tempier's Condemnation And Its Institutional Context; J. M. M. H. Thussen --; Armengaud Blaise As A Translator Of Galen; Michael R. McVaugh --; The Meanings Of Natural Diversity: Marco Polo On The "Division" Of The World; Katharine Park --; Thomas Bradwardine's De Continuo And The Structure Of Fourteenth-Century Learning; Edith D. Sylla --; Nicole Oresme, Aristotle's On The Heavens, And The Court Of Charles V; Edward Grant --; Charles V, Nicole Oresme, And Christine De Pizan: Unities And Uses Of Knowledge In Fourteenth-Century France; Joan Cadden --; Academic Consulting In Fifteenth-Century Vienna: The Case Of Astrology; Michael H. Shank --; Domingo De Soto's "Laws" Of Motion: Text And Context; William A. Wallace --; Art, Nature, And Experiment Among Some Aristotelian Alchemists; William R. Newman --; Index Codicum; Edith Sylla and Michael McVaugh --; General Index; Edith Sylla and Michael McVaugh; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - These studies respond to the challenge posed twenty years ago by John E. Murdoch, in whose honor they have been assembled: to interpret ancient and medieval mathematical and scientific texts not just as isolated intellectual productions but as responses to particular settings or contexts. Two broad settings are explored here: that of the wider intellectual culture, where relations among mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy - and also theology, logic and astrology - are shown to have shaped individual texts; and the context of lay society, where institutional structures, patronage, even personal relationships impinged upon scientific writing. The volume reinforces the growing recognition that ancient and medieval scientific texts "made a difference" to their authors and audiences and must be understood in relation to topics like disciplinary identity, career advancement, lay interest, and practical applicability. Publications by John E. Murdoch : Edited by Christoph Lüthy, John E. Murdoch and William R. Newman , Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscular Matter Theories , ISBN : 978 90 04 11516 3
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004247321
ER  -