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ISBN: 0521594316 0521105234 0511562489 9780521594318 9780511562488 9780521105231 Year: 1997 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This is a general study of the development of higher education in Europe from antiquity until the end of the Middle Ages, set against a background of the social and political history of the period. It shows how the slender traditions of ancient learning, kept alive in the monastic and cathedral schools, was enriched by an enormous influx of knowledge from the Islamic world and how in consequence the schools developed into universities. These early institutions are examined from a variety of points of view, as institutions, as places where ideas spread and as points of interaction with local and national authority. Special attention is paid to early intellectual history and to the scientific disciplines and to the everyday life of the students and their teachers. The book is intended as a broad introduction to the subject for students of the history of education, but it will also attract general readers with only a slight knowledge of the subject.
History of education and educational sciences --- Europe --- Universities and colleges --- Education, Higher --- Universités --- Enseignement supérieur --- History. --- Histoire --- 378.4 <4> --- 378.4 <09> --- -Universities and colleges --- -Colleges --- Degree-granting institutions --- Higher education institutions --- Higher education providers --- Institutions of higher education --- Postsecondary institutions --- Public institutions --- Schools --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universiteiten--Europa --- Universiteiten--Geschiedenis van ... --- History --- Education --- -Universiteiten--Europa --- 378.4 <09> Universiteiten--Geschiedenis van ... --- 378.4 <4> Universiteiten--Europa --- Universités --- Enseignement supérieur --- 378.4 <09> Universities--History of ... --- Universities--History of ... --- Universiteiten--Geschiedenis van . --- Education [Higher ] --- Universiteiten--Geschiedenis van --- Arts and Humanities --- Education, Higher - Europe - History. --- Universities and colleges - Europe - History.
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ISBN: 0387848258 0387848266 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Springer,
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The "Almagest," by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world. Pedersen's 1974 publication, "A Survey of the Almagest," is the most recent in a long tradition of companions to the "Almagest." Part paraphrase and part commentary, Pedersen’s work has earned the universal praise of historians and serves as the definitive introductory text for students interested in studying the "Almagest." In this revised edition, Alexander Jones, a distinguished authority on the history of early astronomy, provides supplementary information and commentary to the original text to account for scholarship that has appeared since 1974. This revision also incorporates various corrections to Pedersen's original text that have been identified since its publication. This volume is intended to provide students of the history of astronomy with a self-contained introduction to the "Almagest," helping them to understand and appreciate Ptolemy’s great and classical work. From the reviews of "A Survey of the Almagest": “Pedersen has performed his analysis with great care and technical accuracy. … [The book] is written dearly and concisely. It certainly achieves its aim of making the 'Almagest' accessible and understandable to students of the history of astronomy.” – G. J. Toomer, Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Sciences “The organization of the 'Survey' … is done in such a brilliant style that makes the technically prohibiting text of the 'Almagest' an enjoyable reading within a clear historical perspective…” – George A. Saliba, Centaurus “['A Survey of the Almagest'] is a mine of well-organized, well-documented, carefully cross-indexed information. Indeed, the general reader will find it an eye-opening introduction to Greek mathematics…” – Victor E. Thoren, Isis.
Astronomy, Greek. --- Greek astronomy --- Ptolemy, --- Ptolemaeus, Claudius. --- Mathematics. --- History. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- History of Mathematical Sciences. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Observations. --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Math --- Science --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history
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Year: 1974 Publisher: Odense : Reitzel,
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