Appreciation of ancient and medieval science during the Renaissance (1450-1600) : annotated typescript, 1953.

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Appreciation of ancient and medieval science during the Renaissance (1450-1600) : annotated typescript, 1953.

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Edited manuscript for book based on the Rosenbach Lectures, given at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1953. Topics include medicine, natural history, mathematics, and astronomy. With endnotes and brief index.

1 item (490 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Sarton, George, 1884-1956

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Historian of science, George Alfred Leon Sarton was born on August 31, 1884, in Ghent, Belgium. He studied the natural sciences at the University of Ghent, and received his D.Sc. in 1911. Escaping to England before World War I, Sarton then came to the United States in 1915. After spending some time in lecturing positions, Sarton came to Harvard University in 1920, was made a full professor there in 1940 and retired in 1951 when he was made professor emeritus. He was founder of th...