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In this book, we walk the path of medieval science with a real-life guide, a fourteenth-century monk named John of Westwyk - inventor, astrologer, crusader - who was educated in Englands grandest monastery and exiled to a clifftop priory. Following the traces of his life, we learn to see the natural world through Brother Johns eyes: navigating by the stars, multiplying Roman numerals, curing disease and telling the time with an astrolabe.On our way, we encounter a remarkable cast of characters: the clock-building English abbot with leprosy, the French craftsman-turned-spy and the Persian polymath who founded the worlds most advanced observatory.An enthralling story of the struggles and successes of an ordinary man and an extraordinary time, The Light Ages conjures up a vivid picture of the medieval world as we have never seen it before.
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Magazin: Carturesti.ro
Brand: Penguin
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