Isbn: 9781108014434 - the opus majus of roger bacon, volume 2, part 1 & 2 (cambridge library collection - physical sciences, band 2) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Published in 1897, this was the first complete edition of Roger Bacon's influential thirteenth-century encyclopedia of science. Editor(s): Bridges, John Henry. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 784 pages, 89 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 890. . 2010. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Roger Bacon, the medieval natural philosopher who broke new ground in promoting scientific method, produced the encyclopedic Opus Majus or 'Greater Work' in the mid-thirteenth century. This 1897 publication in two volumes was the first complete edition of the work to appear in print. Written at the request of Pope Clement IV, the Opus Majus is the most significant and most influential of Bacon's works, containing his observations of the natural world and theories on knowledge acquisition. Bacon's text appears in the original Latin, and Bridges includes a substantial introduction and brief analysis of each chapter in English, as well as extensive footnotes and an analytical table to aid the reader. Volume 2 contains the last three parts of Bacon's treatise, on Optics, Experimental Science, and Moral Philosophy. This volume also incorporates a later supplement containing additional material and corrections.…