{"product_id":"texts-and-contexts-in-ancient-and-medieval-science-studies-on-the-occasion-of-john-e-murdochs-seventieth-birthday-9789004108233","title":"Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Science: Studies on the Occasion of John E. Murdoch's Seventieth Birthday","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Edith Sylla | Michael R. McVaugh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese studies respond to the challenge posed twenty years ago by John E. Murdoch, in whose honor they have been assembled: to interpret ancient and medieval mathematical and scientific texts not just as isolated intellectual productions but as responses to particular settings or contexts.\u003cbr\u003eTwo broad settings are explored here: that of the wider intellectual culture, where relations among mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy - and also theology, logic and astrology - are shown to have shaped individual texts; and the context of lay society, where institutional structures, patronage, even personal relationships impinged upon scientific writing.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume reinforces the growing recognition that ancient and medieval scientific texts \"made a difference\" to their authors and audiences and must be understood in relation to topics like disciplinary identity, career advancement, lay interest, and practical applicability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublications by John E. Murdoch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdited by Christoph Lüthy, John E. Murdoch and William R. Newman\u003c\/i\u003e, Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscular Matter Theories, \u003cb\u003eISBN\u003c\/b\u003e: 978 90 04 11516 3\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Leather","offer_id":47892432879767,"sku":"9789004108233","price":17673.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004108233.webp?v=1781186962","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/texts-and-contexts-in-ancient-and-medieval-science-studies-on-the-occasion-of-john-e-murdochs-seventieth-birthday-9789004108233","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}