David C. Lindberg is Hilldale Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and past director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has written or edited a dozen books on topics in the history of medieval and early modern science, including The Beginnings of Western Science (1992). He and Ronald L. Numbers have previously coedited God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science (1986) and When Science and Christianity Meet (2003). A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, he has been a recipient of the Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society, of which he is also past president (1994-5).
General editors' preface
Introduction Michael H. Shank and David C. Lindberg
1. Islamic culture and the natural sciences F. Jamil Ragep
2. Islamic mathematics J. L. Berggren
3. The mixed mathematical sciences: optics and mechanics in the Islamic Middle Ages Elaheh Kheirandish
4. Islamic astronomy Robert G. Morrison
5. Medicine in medieval Islam Emilie Savage-Smith
6. Science in the Jewish communities Y. Tzvi Langermann
7. Science in the Byzantine Empire Anne Tihon
8. Schools and universities in medieval Latin science Michael H. Shank
9. The organization of knowledge: disciplines and practices Joan Cadden
10. Science and the medieval church David C. Lindberg
11. Natural knowledge in the early Middle Ages Stephen C. McCluskey
12. Cosmology, astronomy, and mathematics Bruce S. Eastwood
13. Early medieval medicine and natural science Vivian Nutton
14. Translation and transmission of Greek and Islamic science to Latin Christendom Charles Burnett
15. The twelfth-century renaissance Charles Burnett
16. Medieval alchemy William R. Newman
17. Change and motion Walter Roy Laird
18. Cosmology Edward Grant
19. Astronomy and astrology John North
20. The science of light and color, seeing, and knowing David C. Lindberg and Katherine H. Tachau
21. Mathematics A. George Molland
22. Logic E. J. Ashworth
23. Geography David Woodward
24. Natural history from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries Karen Meier Reeds and Tomomi Kinukawa
25. Anatomy, physiology, and medical theory Danielle Jacquart
26. Medical practice Katharine Park
27. Technology and science George Ovitt
Conclusion.
General editors' preface; Introduction Michael H. Shank and David C. Lindberg; 1. Islamic culture and the natural sciences F. Jamil Ragep; 2. Islamic mathematics J. L. Berggren; 3. The mixed mathematical sciences: optics and mechanics in the Islamic Middle Ages Elaheh Kheirandish; 4. Islamic astronomy Robert G. Morrison; 5. Medicine in medieval Islam Emilie Savage-Smith; 6. Science in the Jewish communities Y. Tzvi Langermann; 7. Science in the Byzantine Empire Anne Tihon; 8. Schools and universities in medieval Latin science Michael H. Shank; 9. The organization of knowledge: disciplines and practices Joan Cadden; 10. Science and the medieval church David C. Lindberg; 11. Natural knowledge in the early middle ages Stephen C. McCluskey; 12. Cosmology, astronomy, and mathematics Bruce S. Eastwood; 13. Early medieval medicine and natural science Vivian Nutton; 14. Translation and transmission of Greek and Islamic science to Latin Christendom Charles Burnett; 15. The twelfth-century
