| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Background : the state of the applied mathematical sciences -- Gersonides : outline of a scientific biography -- Physics : breaking the Aristotelian harmony -- Cosmology : examining the assumption of celestial animation -- Method : empericism and the examination of hypotheses -- Metaphysics : doubts and reservations -- Cosmology : the science of rays -- Astronomy : specialization and hesitation -- Concluding remark : Gersonides and western science |
| Summary |
Gersonides was a highly original Jewish philosopher, scientist, and biblical exegete, active in Provence in the first half of the fourteenth century. Ruth Glasner explores his impressive achievements, and argues that the key to understanding his originality is his perspective as an applied mathematical scientist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 26, 2015) |
| SUBJECT |
Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81078650
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Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344. fast (OCoLC)fst00075853 |
| Subject |
Philosophy, Medieval.
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Jewish philosophy -- To 1500.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
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Jewish philosophy.
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191799822 |
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0191799823 |
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9780191054730 |
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0191054739 |
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