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The abacus and the cross : the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages / Nancy Marie Brown.
- Title
- The abacus and the cross : the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages / Nancy Marie Brown.
- Author
- Brown, Nancy Marie
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BX1158 .B76 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Traces the achievements of medieval Pope Sylvester II, revealing his lesser-known role in promoting scientific awareness throughout turn-of-the-first-millennium Catholicism and his introduction of Arabic numerals to Europe.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-288) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A monk of Aurillac -- Of the making of books there is no end -- The ornament of the world -- Schoolmaster of Reims -- The abacus -- Math and the mind of God -- The celestial sphere -- The astrolabe -- Abbot of Bobbio -- Treason and excommunication -- The legend of the last emperor -- Pope of the year 1000 -- The end of the world.
- ISBN
- 9780465009503 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010036361
- OCLC
- 535492088
- SCSB-12505277
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library