The Abacus and the Cross
The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages
New York : Basic Books, [2010]
Format: Book
Description: vii, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Traces the achievements of medieval Pope Sylvester II, revealing his lesser-known role in promoting scientific awareness throughout turn-of-the-first-millennium Catholicism and his introduction of Arabic numerals to Europe.
Contents:
A monk of Aurillac -- Of the making of books there is no end -- The ornament of the world -- Schoolmaster of Reims -- The abacus -- Math and the mind of God -- The celestial sphere -- The astrolabe -- Abbot of Bobbio -- Treason and excommunication -- Thelegend of the last emperor -- Pope of the year 1000 -- The end of the world.
ISBN:
0465009506
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RELIGION People Clergy Bro | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.