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001 2010036361
003 DLC
005 20130607082018.0
008 100826s2010 nyuabf b 001 0deng
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020 $a9780465009503 (alk. paper)
020 $a0465009506 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn535492088
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050 00 $aBX1158$b.B76 2010
082 00 $a270.3092$aB$222
100 1 $aBrown, Nancy Marie.
245 14 $aThe abacus and the cross :$bthe story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages /$cNancy Marie Brown.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2010.
300 $avii, 310 p., [8] p. of col. plates :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aTraces the achievements of medieval Pope Sylvester II, revealing his lesser-known role in promoting scientific awareness throughout turn-of-the-first-millennium Catholicism and his introduction of Arabic numerals to Europe.
505 0 $aA monk of Aurillac -- Of the making of books there is no end -- The ornament of the world -- Schoolmaster of Reims -- The abacus -- Math and the mind of God -- The celestial sphere -- The astrolabe -- Abbot of Bobbio -- Treason and excommunication -- The legend of the last emperor -- Pope of the year 1000 -- The end of the world.
600 00 $aSylvester$bII,$cPope,$dapproximately 945-1003.
650 0 $aReligion and science$xHistory$yTo 1500.