{"product_id":"the-genesis-of-science-how-the-christian-middle-ages-launched-the-scientific-revolution","title":"The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaybe the Dark Ages Werent So Dark After All...  Here are some facts you probably didnt learn in school: People in the Middle Ages did not think the world was flat--in fact  medieval scholars could prove it wasnt; The Inquisition never executed anyone because of their scientific ideas or discoveries (actually  the Church was the chief sponsor of scientific research and several popes were celebrated for their knowledge of the subject); It was medieval scientific discoveries  methods  and principles that made possible western civilizations \"Scientific Revolution\". If you were taught that the Middle Ages were a time of intellectual stagnation  superstition  and ignorance  you were taught a myth that has been utterly refuted by modern scholarship.  As a physicist and historian of science James Hannam shows in his brilliant new book  The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution  without the scholarship of the \"barbaric\" Middle Ages  modern science simply would not exist.  The Middle Ages were a time of one intellectual triumph after another. As Dr. Hannam writes  \"The people of medieval Europe invented spectacles  the mechanical clock  the windmill  and the blast furnace by themselves. Lenses and cameras  almost all kinds of machinery  and the industrial revolution itself all owe their origins to the forgotten inventors of the Middle Ages.\"  In The Genesis of Science you will discover: Why the scientific accomplishments of the Middle Ages far surpassed those of the classical world; How medieval craftsmen and scientists not only made discoveries of their own  but seized upon Eastern inventions--printing  gunpowder  and the compass--and improved them beyond the dreams of their originators; How Galileos notorious trial before the Inquisition was about politics  not science; and Why the theology of the Catholic Church  far from being an impediment  led directly to the development of modern science. Provocative  engaging  and a terrific read  James Hannams The Genesis of Science will change the way you think about our past--and our future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983717003317,"sku":"ByrdShop_1596981555","price":35.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781596981553.jpg?v=1770807234","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-genesis-of-science-how-the-christian-middle-ages-launched-the-scientific-revolution","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}