M A Hoskin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1111557 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M A Hoskin |
| GIVEN NAMES | M A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoskin |
| SIGNATURE | HOSKIN M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Swineshead on Falling Bodies
The “Scientific Revolution” of the seventeenth century cannot adequately be assessed without an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of those, whether giants or dwarfs, on whose shoulders Galileo and his contemporaries stood. And since for many historians Galileo's main contribution lies in the mathematization of the natural world and especially of time and motion, particular interest attaches to medieval treatises dealing with these …
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access M. A. HOSKIN M. A. HOSKIN Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXIX, Issue CCCX, January 1964, Page 139, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXIX.CCCX.139 Published: 01 January 1964
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access M. A. HOSKIN M. A. HOSKIN Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXIX, Issue CCCXI, April 1964, Pages 391-a–391, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXIX.CCCXI.391-a Published: 01 April 1964
Essay Review
Critical Problems in the History of Science
Ancients Versus Medievals
In time no less than in regions there are wastes and deserts.' So I wrote Francis Bacon with medieval science in mind. And when Whewell two hundred years later spoke of'the almost complete blank which the history of physical science offers, from the decline of the Roman Empire, for a thousand years', he was only summing up a view of the Middle Ages generally accepted from the seventeenth century down to our own times.Historians of science did not…
Swineshead on Falling Bodies
The “Scientific Revolution” of the seventeenth century cannot adequately be assessed without an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of those, whether giants or dwarfs, on whose shoulders Galileo and his contemporaries stood. And since for many historians Galileo's main contribution lies in the mathematization of the natural world and especially of time and motion, particular interest attaches to medieval treatises dealing with these …
Ancients Versus Medievals
In time no less than in regions there are wastes and deserts.' So I wrote Francis Bacon with medieval science in mind. And when Whewell two hundred years later spoke of'the almost complete blank which the history of physical science offers, from the decline of the Roman Empire, for a thousand years', he was only summing up a view of the Middle Ages generally accepted from the seventeenth century down to our own times.Historians of science did not…
Critical Problems in the History of Science
Essay Review
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access M. A. HOSKIN M. A. HOSKIN Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXIX, Issue CCCX, January 1964, Page 139, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXIX.CCCX.139 Published: 01 January 1964
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access M. A. HOSKIN M. A. HOSKIN Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXIX, Issue CCCXI, April 1964, Pages 391-a–391, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXIX.CCCXI.391-a Published: 01 April 1964
Swineshead on Falling Bodies
The “Scientific Revolution” of the seventeenth century cannot adequately be assessed without an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of those, whether giants or dwarfs, on whose shoulders Galileo and his contemporaries stood. And since for many historians Galileo's main contribution lies in the mathematization of the natural world and especially of time and motion, particular interest attaches to medieval treatises dealing with these …
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