…the concept that the universe can be studied by human reason and described with mathematics started as a philosophical/religious idea. If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend that you check out “The Light Ages” by Seb Falk.
…trigonometry) by hand. Some phenomena, like the precession of the equinoxes, required aggregating observations which had been taken over several centuries. A good book to get a sense of this complexity is “The Light Ages” by Seb Falk.
中世纪（“黑暗时代”）其实精彩纷呈：* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Philosophers * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2071784.God_s_Clockmaker Seb Falk 写的《The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science》最近（2020年）出版了，还拿了几个奖（YouTube 上有大量访谈）：* https://twitter.com/Seb_Falk 求知欲与……
The Middle ("Medieval") Ages had a lot going on: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Philosophers * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2071784.God_s_Clockmaker The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Faulk was recently (2020) published and won a few awards (lots of interview on YouTube): * https://twitter.com/Seb_Falk Intellectual Curiosity and the…
Seb Falk 的书《The Light Ages》：> 在《The Light Ages》中，剑桥大学科学史学家 Seb Falk 通过14世纪一位名叫 John of Westwyk 的修士的故事，带领我们身临其境地领略了中世纪科学的魅力。从乘法运算……
The book The Light Ages by Seb Falk: > In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on an immersive tour of medieval science through the story of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. From multiplying…
……其实要明亮得多。Falk 研究中世纪晚期的科学史，他最近把目光聚焦在中世纪的科学研究究竟是如何进行的、以及由谁进行的。他的新书《The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science》通过14世纪一位修士兼天文学家 John Westwyk 跌宕起伏的一生，为读者提供了独到的内部视角。”
…is far brighter. Falk, who researches the history of science in the later Middle Ages, has more recently focused on how — and by whom — science was actually done in medieval times. His latest book, The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science, gives an insider’s look through the tumultuous life of a single 14th-century monk and astronomer, John Westwyk."
……宇宙可以通过人类理性来研究并用数学来描述这一概念，最初其实是个哲学/宗教观念。如果你还没读过的话，建议你去看看 Seb Falk 写的《The Light Ages》。
…the concept that the universe can be studied by human reason and described with mathematics started as a philosophical/religious idea. If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend that you check out “The Light Ages” by Seb Falk.
……手动计算三角学）。有些现象，比如分点岁差，需要汇总几个世纪以来的观测数据。想体会这种复杂性的话，Seb Falk 写的《The Light Ages》是一本好书。
…trigonometry) by hand. Some phenomena, like the precession of the equinoxes, required aggregating observations which had been taken over several centuries. A good book to get a sense of this complexity is “The Light Ages” by Seb Falk.
中世纪（“黑暗时代”）其实精彩纷呈：* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Philosophers * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2071784.God_s_Clockmaker Seb Falk 写的《The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science》最近（2020年）出版了，还拿了几个奖（YouTube 上有大量访谈）：* https://twitter.com/Seb_Falk 求知欲与……
The Middle ("Medieval") Ages had a lot going on: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Philosophers * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2071784.God_s_Clockmaker The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Faulk was recently (2020) published and won a few awards (lots of interview on YouTube): * https://twitter.com/Seb_Falk Intellectual Curiosity and the…
Seb Falk 的书《The Light Ages》：> 在《The Light Ages》中，剑桥大学科学史学家 Seb Falk 通过14世纪一位名叫 John of Westwyk 的修士的故事，带领我们身临其境地领略了中世纪科学的魅力。从乘法运算……
The book The Light Ages by Seb Falk: > In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on an immersive tour of medieval science through the story of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. From multiplying…
……其实要明亮得多。Falk 研究中世纪晚期的科学史，他最近把目光聚焦在中世纪的科学研究究竟是如何进行的、以及由谁进行的。他的新书《The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science》通过14世纪一位修士兼天文学家 John Westwyk 跌宕起伏的一生，为读者提供了独到的内部视角。”
…is far brighter. Falk, who researches the history of science in the later Middle Ages, has more recently focused on how — and by whom — science was actually done in medieval times. His latest book, The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science, gives an insider’s look through the tumultuous life of a single 14th-century monk and astronomer, John Westwyk."