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中世纪并非科学和理性的黑暗时代。 This is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adj ective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilized behavior. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution. In "God's Philosophers", James Hannam debunks many of the myths about the Middle Ages, showing that medieval people did not think the earth is flat, nor did Columbus 'prove' that it is a sphere; the Inquisition burnt nobody for their science nor was Copernicus afraid of persecution; no Pope tried to ban human dissection or the number zero. "God's Philosophers" is a celebration of the forgotten scientific achievements of the Middle Ages - advances which were often made thanks to, rather than in spite of, the influence of Christianity and Islam. Decisive progress was also made in technology: spectacles and the mechanical clock, for instance, were both invented in thirteenth-century Europe. Charting an epic journey through six centuries of history, "God's Philosophers" brings back to light the discoveries of neglected geniuses like John Buridan, Nicole Oresme and Thomas Bradwardine, as well as putting into context the contributions of more familiar figures like Roger Bacon, William of Ockham and Saint Thomas Aquinas.

List of Illustrations Map of medieval Europe Introduction: The Truth about Science in the Middle Ages Chapter 1:After the Fall of Rome: Progress in the Early Middle Ages Chapter 2:The Mathematical Pope Chapter 3:The Rise of Reason Chapter 4:The Twelfth-Century Renaissance Chapter 5:Heresy and Reason Chapter 6:How Pagan Science was Christianised Chapter 7:Bloody Failure: Magic and Medicine in the Middle Ages Chapter 8:The Secret Arts of Alchemy and Astrology Chapter 9:Roger Bacon and the Science of Light Chapter 10:The Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford Chapter 11:The Merton Calculators Chapter 12:The Apogee of Medieval Science Chapter 13:New Horizons Chapter 14:Humanism and the Reformation Chapter 15:The Polymaths of the Sixteenth Century Chapter 16:The Workings of Man: Medicine and Anatomy Chapter 17:Humanist Astronomy and Nicolaus Copernicus Chapter 18:Reforming the Heavens Chapter 19:Galileo and Giordano Bruno Chapter 20:Galileo and the New Astronomy Chapter 21:The Trial and Triumph of Galileo Conclusion: A Scientific Revolution? Suggestions for Further Reading Timeline List of Key Characters Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Acknowledgements

James Hannam took a Physics degree at Oxford before training as an accountant. He enjoyed a successful career in the City, mainly financing film production, but harboured ambitions to write about the history of science. In 2001, he started a part time MA at Birkbeck College, London in Historical Research. The experience only served to further whet his appetite for the subject. In 2003, he was accepted at Cambridge to do a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science. His thesis on the decline of medieval learning during the sixteenth century was completed in 2008. In the meantime, he also worked on his book for the general reader, "God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundation of Modern Science" which was published by Icon in 2009. It is published in the US as "The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution". The book was shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books in 2010.

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