
The Light Ages
The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
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Narrated by:
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Seb Falk
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Seb Falk
An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk.
Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: These are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific culture.
In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one 14th-century monk, John of Westwyk. Born in a rural manor, educated in England's grandest monastery, and then exiled to a clifftop priory, Westwyk was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient astrolabe, we learn emerging science alongside Westwyk and travel with him through the length and breadth of England and beyond its shores. 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 world's most advanced observatory.
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Good story badly told
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wonderful
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Especially the High and Late Light Ages
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Thought provoking
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Too Technical For Me But Maybe Not You
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The last 2 hours felt like they dragged on.
Lots of fluff, but still interesting
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Interesting and informative but not convincing
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Informative
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Lovely subject, heavy on astronomy.
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Wonderful introduction to “medieval” science
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