The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Falk

The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

Seb Falk

416 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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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 ...

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