The First Scientist: A Life of Roger Bacon - Couverture rigide

Clegg, Brian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1841196185 ISBN 13 : 9781841196183

Editeur : Constable, 2003

Synopsis

The 13th-century friar Roger Bacon has a good claim to be known as the West's first true scientist. Born in 1219, he was passionately interested in the natural world and how things worked. In this age of religious intolerance and superstition he was banned from writing on such dangerous topics by his Order, and it was only when a new Pope proved sympathetic that he began his encyclopedia of knowledge, on everything from optics to alchemy. Sadly the enlightened Pope died before he could read it; and Bacon was tried as a magician and incarcerated for 10 years. After his death, legend transformed Bacon into a mythical sorcerer "Doctor Mirabilis", but we recognize that his books were the first flowering of the scientific knowledge that would transform our world. This work is both a biography and a picture of the times - an intellectual map of the medieval world in which advances were made and controversies flourished.

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À propos de l'auteur

Brian Clegg read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, after which he spent a year doing a second MA in Operational Research. He pioneered the use of computers at British Airways, and later set up the Emerging Technologies Group, researching and trialling technologies such as fingerprint recognition and electronic cash. He now runs a creative consultancy and contributes to many publications. His most recent book is Light Years: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Constable
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1841196185
• ISBN 13: 9781841196183
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible