Gersonides : a portrait of a fourteenth-century philosopher-scientist / Ruth Glasner.
Gersonides : a portrait of a fourteenth-century philosopher-scientist / Ruth Glasner.
Gersonides : a portrait of a fourteenth-century philosopher-scientist / Ruth Glasner.
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G 2016/118
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English
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xii, 139 pages ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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First edition.
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England
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Summary
Gersonides was a highly original Jewish philosopher, scientist and biblical exegete, active in Provence in the first half of the fourteenth century. Ruth Glasner explores his impressive achievements, and argues that the key to understanding his originality is his perspective as an applied mathematical scientist. It was this perspective that led him...
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Gersonides : a portrait of a fourteenth-century philosopher-scientist / Ruth Glasner.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/118
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74VKzdBlkKXg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzdBlkKXg
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ISBN
0198735863
9780198735861
DDC
181.06
MMS ID
991023365269702626
