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Nancy Marie Brown - The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages - 9780465031443 - V9780465031443
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The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages

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Description for The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages Paperback. An acclaimed science writer tells the story of Pope Sylvester II, the erstwhile mathematician, astronomer, and spy, who brought Islamic science to the West before the year 1000 Num Pages: 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400. The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages. 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. Called "The Scientist Pope," Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant beginnings and ascended to the pinnacle of the Christian world to become Pope Sylvester II. In this book, the author follows Gerbert through scientific exploration and political scheming, showing how science was central to the lives of monks, kings, and popes a thousand years ago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight: 400.
The medieval Catholic Church, widely considered a source of intolerance and inquisitorial fervor, was not anti-science during the Dark Ages,in fact, the pope in the year 1000 was the leading mathematician and astronomer of his day. Called The Scientist Pope," Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant beginnings to lead the church. By turns a teacher, traitor, kingmaker, and visionary, Gerbert is the first Christian known to teach math using the nine Arabic numerals and zero. In The Abacus and the Cross , Nancy Marie Brown skillfully explores the new learning Gerbert brought to Europe. A fascinating narrative of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465031443
SKU
V9780465031443
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About Nancy Marie Brown
Nancy Marie Brown is the author of The Far traveller: Voyages of a Viking Woman and Mendel in the Kitchen, named one of the Best Sci-Tech Books of 2004 by Library Journal. She lives in Vermont.

Reviews for The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages
"Keith Devlin, Stanford University professor and author of Fibonacci's Bridge of Numbers: the Medieval Visionary and the Book that Launched the Modern World "Nancy Marie Brown's book provides a fascinating, well researched, in depth study of the life and times of one of the key figures who brought modern arithmetic into Western Europe." Marilyn Yalom, author of Birth of the ... Read more

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