Medieval Cosmology: Theories of Infinity, Place, Time, Void, and the Plurality of Worlds

Author	Pierre M. Duhem
Format	Softcover
ISBN	9780226169231
Publication Date	01/08/1987
Publisher	University of Chicago Press

These selections from Le systme du monde, the classic ten-volume history of the physical sciences written by the great French physicist Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), focus on cosmology, Duhem's greatest interest. By reconsidering the work of such Arab and Christian scholars as Averroes, Avicenna, Gregory of Rimini, Albert of Saxony, Nicole Oresme, Duns Scotus, and William of Occam, Duhem demonstrated the sophistication of medieval science and cosmology.