Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine

An Encyclopedia
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-96930-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1361 g

Reihe: Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. Coverage includes inventions, discoveries, concepts, places and fields of study, regions, and significant contributors to various fields of science. There are also entries on South-Central and East Asian science. This reference work provides an examination of medieval scientific tradition as well as an appreciation for the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted and those that replaced it.

For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glick, Thomas F.

Livesey, Steven

Wallis, Faith

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Geschichte der Chemie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Entries include:

Agriculture
al-Battani (Albategnius)
Alchemy
Alum
Arms and armor
Astrology
Bacon, Roger
Bestiaries
Clocks and timekeeping
Computus
East Asian science
Elements and qualities
Encyclopaedias
Gilbertus Anglicus
God
Grosseteste, Robert
Illustration, medical
Instruments, optical
Johannes Duns Scotus
John of Arderne
Lapidaries
Magic and the Occult
Magnet and magnetism
Maimonides
Metaphysics
Microcosm/macro cosm
Miracle
Music (theory)
Navigation
Optics and catoptrics
Oresme, Nicole
Patronage of science
Petrus Hispanus
Pharmacy
Polo, Marco
Profatius Judaeus
Psychology
Quadrivium
Ravenna
Regimen sanitatis
Religion and science
Salernitan Questions
Salerno
Scientia
Surgery
Thabit ibn Qurra
Vocabulary and terminology
Water supply and sewerage
Women and science
and much more.