Explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam to the Middle Ages, focusing especially on the historical relationship between science and religion.

In an accurate historical treatment, it is impossible to pinpoint a definition of science that applies to multiple moments in time. This book explores the origins and nature of scientific methodology from ancient history to the decline of classical civilizations in roughly 300 AD.

This installment in a series on science and technology in world history begins in the fourteenth century, explaining the origin and nature of scientific methodology and the relation of science to religion, philosophy, military history, economics and technology. Specific topics covered include the Black Death, the Little Ice Age, the invention of the printing press, Martin Luther and the Reformation, the birth of modern medicine, the Copernican Revolution, Galileo, Kepler, Isaac Newton, and the Scientific Revolution.

In this collection of incisive essays, geologist and historian David Deming demonstrates why he is often controversial and always politically incorrect. According to Deming, the world is not running out of oil and the age of fossil fuels has just begun. Deming explains why he denies global warming, why science is never settled, and why we should be worried about the next Ice Age. He explains why Malthus was wrong, documents the environmental movement's preoccupation with hysterical fear-mongering, exposes light-bulb lunacy, and debunks the myth of the noble savage. Deming's topics range from...

The history of science is not just a chronicle of technical achievements, but a human story of discovery intertwined with religion, philosophy, economics, and technology. This volume provides a survey of the rise of science and technology in the modern world.