Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in the Middle Ages

Before Galileo

The Birth of Modern Science in the Middle Ages

By
John Freely
John Freely
2012 • 348 pages

Histories of modern science often begin with the heroic battle between Galileo and the Catholic Church, which ignited the Scientific Revolution and led to the world-changing discoveries of Isaac Newton.

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