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02538aam a22004218i 4500 001 868D6BCC36C711EB84A2784E2BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201205010014 008 200626t20202020nyuae b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020028315 020 $a 132400293X 020 $a 9781324002932 035 $a (OCoLC)1137839490 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SO$ $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a Q124.97 $b .F35 2020 082 00 $a 509.4/0902 $2 23 100 1 $a Falk, Seb, $e author. 245 14 $a The light ages : $b the surprising story of medieval science / $c Seb Falk. 246 30 $a Surprising story of medieval science 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c 2020. 300 $a xv, 391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) : $c 24 cm 520 $a "An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk. Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks, proving that the Middle Ages were home to a vibrant scientific culture. In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on an immersive tour of medieval science through the story of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient astrolabe, we learn emerging science alongside Westwyk, while following the gripping story of the struggles and successes of an ordinary man in a precarious world. An enlightening history that argues that these times weren't so dark after all, The Light Ages shows how medieval ideas continue to color how we see the world today"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Science, Medieval $x History. 941 $a 9 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409035831.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014123.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909062547.0 952 $l RUPC135 $d 20211215033000.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707014718.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210202014759.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20210128010526.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20210105011056.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201205010102.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=868D6BCC36C711EB84A2784E2BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search