El águila y la serpiente

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En los últimos años se ha intensificado el estudio de la Historia de la Ciencia, a la vez como disciplina histórica profesional y como objeto de interés para el público en general. Esta obra ha marcado un hito en la hitoriografía contemporánea al mostrar de forma irrebatible la continuidad esencial de la tradición científica occidental desde la época griega hasta nuestros días. Este primer volumen describe el largo proceso de la ciencia en la Edad Media que culmina en el gran edificio conceptual del trescientos.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

El relato evocador y vibrante de cómo se rescataron las ideas del mundo clásico, el origen de nuestra herencia intelectual común. Tras la caída de Roma, muchas de las grandes ideas del mundo clásico, base del conocimiento moderno, se perdieron para siempre. Innumerables libros fueron destruidos por los cristianos, y la biblioteca de Alejandría, el mayor depósito de saber del mundo, fue arrasada. Pero tres manuscritos cruciales sobrevivieron a esa edad de la penumbra e impulsaron la llegada del Renacimiento. En este sorprendente debut, la historiadora Violet Moller rastrea los caminos...