10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORESME»
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Oresme in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Nicole
Oresme, Questiones super geometriam Euclidis
Nicole Oresme (ca. 1320-1384) was one of the most important intellectual figures of the scholastic period: not only was he a leading philosopher, theologian, astronomer and mathematician, but he was also involved in practical matters; he ...
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De Moneta of Nicholas
Oresme
For the theory, Nicholas Oresme's De Moneta presents the scholastic doctrine
derived from Aristotle's Politics. For the practice, it seemed best to translate the
treatise preserved in the Red Book of the Exchequer, and presumably written by
...
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Oresme's Livre de Politiques and the France of Charles V
I. ORESME AND HIS VERSION OF THE POLITICS The Life and Achievements of
Nicole Oresme Oresme was well fitted to stand at the crossroads of political
thought and political life. At the least estimate an exceptionally intelligent man, ...
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Nicole
Oresme, Questiones super Physicam
Stefan Kirschner has already shown that the very complicated state of the
tradition in commenting on the Meteorologics does not permit the use of
Oresme's Metereologics commentary to establish the date of composition of his
Physics ...
In this critical edition of Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve this vexing problem of astronomy, proposing that light travels along a curve through the ...
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Imaging Aristotle: Verbal and Visual Representation in ...
"A truly outstanding and distinguished work. . . . Sherman breaks important new ground in her exploration of the illustrated manuscripts as cultural artifacts and cognitive structures.
Claire Richter Sherman, 1995
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Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 75, Part ...
I. ORESME AND HIS VERSION OF THE POLITICS The Life and Achievements of
Nicole Oresme Oresme was well fitted to stand at the crossroads of political
thought and political life. At the least estimate an exceptionally intelligent man, ...
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A Source Book in Medieval Science
Edward Grant. 29 RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL EXPONENTS DISTINGUISHED
Nicole Oresme (ca. 1325—1382) Geometry 30 ON THE DIVISION OF FIGURES
Leonardo of Pisa. Translated and annotated by Edward Grant1 Every rational ...
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Index
B. Hansen, Nicole Oresme and the Marvels of Nature: A Study of his De causis
mirabilium with Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary, Toronto, Ont.:
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1985. (Edition of the second part of the ...
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Medieval Science and Technology
Oresme (c. 1320-82) were both members of a circle of thinkers around the
University of Paris active in the mid to late fourteenth century. They and some of
their contemporaries around Paris and Oxford were responsible for some of the
most ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORESME»
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Religion vs. Science: The Catholic Church as Fall Guy
Aczel must not have heard of Albertus Magnus, Bradwardine, Grosseteste, Buridan, or Oresme. And he also must be unaware of the large and ... «Aleteia EN, Jun 15»
EDITORIAL: Pope warns of global warming
Catholic clerics Roger Bacon, Nicole Oresme, John Buridan and St. Thomas Aquinas established the modern scientific method. Friar Gregor ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jun 15»
GDP figures: ONS's latest data suggests economic growth is slowing
oresme · 28 May 2015 6:01. 6 7. The Liberal Democrats just left the government and growth is going down steeply. The U.K. is doing as bad as ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Norman Lamb was a good but not great care minister
oresme Gordi. 20 May 2015 10:17. 1 2. He and the Tories want an insurance based system to fund the NHS. Why has it still not happened? «The Guardian, May 15»
Steven Weinberg Tackles The History Of Science
In the 14th century, for example, both Jean Buridan and Nicole Oresme considered a theory of motion that foreshadowed Newton's first ... «Forbes, Mar 15»
Nonsense to say modern science existed in ancient Greece or India …
... became havens for secular scientific research, for Buridan and Oresme at Paris, for Galileo at Padua and Pisa, and for Newton at Cambridge. «Times of India, Mar 15»
The Monetary Choice We Face Today Is No Different Than In 1375 …
The first written work focused on money, in the Western world, was apparently the De Moneta of Nicholas Oresme (1320-1382). The book was ... «Forbes, Jan 14»
