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Brown, Nancy Marie.
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Sylvester II, Pope, ca. 945-1003.
Religion and science -- History -- To 1500.
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Brown, Nancy Marie.
Sylvester II, Pope, ca. 945-1003.
Religion and science -- History -- To 1500.
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The abacus and the cross : the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages / Nancy Marie Brown.
by
Brown, Nancy Marie.
Basic Books, c2010.
Call #:
282.092 S985b
Subjects
Sylvester II, Pope,
ca
.
945-1003
.
Religion and science -- History -- To 1500.
ISBN:
9780465009503 (alk. paper)
0465009506 (alk. paper)
Description:
vii, 310 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- The legend of the last emperor -- Pope of the year 1000 -- The end of the world.
Summary:
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.
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Biographies.
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Woodlawn Public Library
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