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Christian scientists and thinkers in the Middle Ages

Make me a similar list of Moslems.....

by Ferdinand III



In 'God's Philosophers', James Hannam lists by my count, about 111 Catholic Medieval scientists who during the 'Middle Ages', prepared the way for modern science and technology. The most ardent Moslemophile screeching that Islam created the modern world, might be able to name 5 Moslems during the same period [including the usual tired, disreputable names of Averroes etc. yawn, boring]; who impacted the European scientific mind. For the big-brains, a handful of Moslems who might have slightly amended or added to Greek thought; is certainly more important to modernity, than the dozens of European Christians who actually invented it. That is why they are so clever – whatever reality proves, believe the opposite.  50 men from Hannam's list are below.



Name

Era

Claim to Fame

1

Abelard, Peter

1079-1142

Logician, mathematician

2

Adelard of Bath

1080-1160

Translated Arabic texts on Mathematics

3

Albert, the Great

1200-1280

Natural philosopher and scientist who taught Aquinas.

4

Alcuin of York

735-804

Polymath and Minister of education under Charlemagne

5

Alderotti, Taddeo

1223-1295

Pioneer of learned medicine in Bologna.

6

St. Anselm, Canterbury

1033-1109

Combined faith with reason in his ontological works that God exists.

7

Aquinas, St. Thomas

1225-74

Combined Greek philosophy with Catholic doctrine.

8

Bacon, Roger

1214-92

Expert on lights and optics and wrote many volumes on reforming natural philosophy.

9

Boethius

480-525

Christian Roman philosopher who wrote textbooks on science and philosophy.

10

Bradwardine, Thomas

1290-1349

Merton College Oxford mathematician.

11

Brahe, Tycho

1546-1601

Danish Catholic astronomer renowned for accuracy and mathematical proof.

12

Brunelleschi, Filippo

1377-1446

Architect and artist who designed the dome of Florence's cathedral and developed mathematical means of perspective-use in painting.

13

Buridan, John

1300-1358

University of Paris philosopher who developed impetus theory and how the earth rotated.

14

Cardan, Jerome

1501-1576

Doctor, mathematician, astrologist and inventor.

15

Chaucer, Geoffrey

1343-1400

Wrote scientific treatise on the astrolabe.

16

Copernicus, Nicholas

1473-1543

Polish canon who developed using higher math, heliocentricity.

17

D'Ailly, Pierre

1350-1420

Cardinal in Paris, wrote works on geography and calculated using new math techniques the earth's circumference. Inspired Columbus.

18

Domingo de Soto

1494-1560

Dominican friar who textbooks on Physics were the first accurate statement of the law of free-fall.

19

Duns Scotus

1263-1308

Carried forward the faith through reason theology of Aquinas.

20

Fallopio, Gabriele

1523-62

Anatomist and the first one to identify the fallopian tubes.

21

Frederick II

1194-1250

Wrote a treatise on bird flight and patronized science.

22

Galileo

1564-1642

Synthesized and discovered many aspects of motion, gravity and natural physical laws.

23

Gerbert, or Pope Sylvester II

940-1003

Pope and scholar who introduced Hindu/Arabic numerals into Europe.

24

Grassi, Horatio

1583-1654

Jesuit scholar who argued with Galileo over comets.

25

Grosseteste, Robert

1170-1253

Bishop of Lincoln who wrote on optics and natural philosophy.

26

Harvey, William

1578-1657

Discovered the function of the heart and circulation of the blood.

27

Heytesbury, William

1313-73

Merton College Oxford mathematician who was the first to propose the mean speed theory.

28

John XXI

1215-77

Pope who wrote textbooks on logic and medicine.

29

Jordanus de Nemore

1225-1260

Mathematician who studied the science of statistics and solved the inclined plane problem.

30

Kepler, Johannes

1571-1630

Astronomer who used higher math to identify the real shape of the solar system.

31

Kilwardy, Robert

d. 1279

Archbishop of Canterbury who categorized and organized the sciences.

32

Mondino dei Luzzi

d.1326

Pioneer of human dissection.

33

Nicholas of Autrecourt

1300-69

Theologican who advanced ideas of atoms and atomicity.

34

Nicholas of Cusa

1400-1464

Theologian who used math to speculate on an expanding universe and life on other planets.

35

Oresme, Nicholas

1325-82

Student of Buridan who used graphs to resolve and model physical problems.

36

Paracelscus

1493-1541

Doctor who reformed medicine along occult and alchemical lines.

37

Partizi, Francisco

1529-1597

Platonic philosopher who believed in the earth's rotation and in vacuums.

38

Peckham, John

d.1292

Archbishop of Canterbury who wrote on optics.

39

Peter the Pilgrim

1269

Created the study of magnets and magnetism.

40

Philoponus, John

490-570

Christian neo-platonist who thoroughly discredited much of Aristotelian theology.

41

Ragimold and Radolf

11c.

Friends who wrote works and letters on advanced geometry.

42

Richard of Wallingford

1292-1336

Abbot of St. Albans monastery, invented new astronomical instruments and clocks.

43

Sacrobosco, John

d.1256

Wrote popular university-level books on math and astronomy.

44

Servetus

1511-53

Discovered the purpose of the pulmonary artery, burnt at the stake in Geneva by Calvin.

45

Stevin, Simon

1548-1620

Conducted experiments proving that heavy and light objects fall at the same speed.

46

Swineshead, Richard

1340-55

Merton College mathematician who developed higher mathematical concepts and theorems.

47

Tartaglia

1499-1577

Mathematician who solved cubic equations and published the works of Archimedes.

48

Vesalius

1514-1564

Anatomist who disproved much of Galen's work.

49

Ockham, William

1287-1347

Franciscan who developed various rules around logic and probability.

50

Witelo

1250-75

Wrote largest treatise of his time on optics and inspired Kepler.


Phd thesis: Make a similar list of Moslem geniuses and innovators....


Given the names above the 'middle ages' must surely have a been a terribly dark and horrendous time of stunted intellects and knuckle-dragging sack clothe wearing morons....unlike today of course with the cults of reality-tv, globaloneywarming, gay, Islam-is-Peace and the state. The poorly named Enlightenment was of course built on the advances from the Middle Ages, Voltaire, his insanity and his ego notwithstanding. And the above list of names is only a very partial compendium of what could be identified.


Buried in European vaults and libraries are literally tonnes of Latin documents from the Middle Ages – but who reads Latin anymore ? Early vulgate language treatises also reside in their collective dust, unused, unread, unknown and in vast quantity. But why bother to read those ? Who needs to do real work these days ? Surely we only need to listen to uninformed bigots like Gibbon or Diderot, who never investigated, understood, nor had any intimate knowledge of the 'middle ages'. Much easier to let others do the thinking for us, especially if they only confirm our prejudices and ignorance.



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