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The history of science in medieval Islamicate culture.

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A historian of science and New York Times reporter tries his hand at the 17th century Church and heliocentricity controversy and fails dismally.

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LI

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The Welsh instrument maker who didn’t fit the contemporary mould.

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XLIX

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Conflict what Conflict?

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A book you can count on

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XL

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The English aristocratic bastard, who advised the Florentines on matters nautical and published the first maritime atlas by an English author.

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XLVIII

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How high and above what?

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XLVII

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A Promoter of Empire

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XLVI

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XLV

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An episodic journey through the history of mathematics in forty short essays.

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Mario Biagioli (1955–2025)

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From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XLIV

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High finance and higher education the legacy of Thomas Gresham

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