David C. Lindberg
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David C. Lindberg (November 15, 1935—) is an American historian of science. His main focus is in the history of medieval and early modern science, especially physical science and the relationship between religion and science. Lindberg is the author or editor of many books and received numerous grants and awards. He also served as President of the History of Science Society and, in 1999, was recipient of its highest prize for lifetime scholarly achievement: the Sarton medal.[1]
Biography
He is the Hilldale Professor Emeritus of History of Science and Past Director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Lindberg holds a degree in physics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science from Indiana University. Professor Lindberg is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, having received numerous grants and awards from prestigious organizations, including the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), History of Science Society, the Medieval Academy of America, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has served as President of the History of Science Society and has been recipient of its highest prize for lifetime scholarly achievement: the Sarton medal.[1] With Ronald Numbers, he has co-edited two anthologies on the relationship between religion and science. Also with Numbers, Lindberg is currently editing the 8-volume Cambridge History of Science.
Selected publications
- John Pecham and the Science of Optics: Perspectiva Communis (1970) ISBN 978-0299057305
- Theories of Vision from al-Kindi to Kepler (1976) ASIN B000OPS4RC; (1996) ISBN 978-0226482354
- Science in the Middle Ages (1978) ISBN 978-0226482330
- Studies in the history of medieval optics (1983) ISBN 978-0860781349
- Roger Bacon's Philosophy of Nature (1983) ISBN 978-0198581642; (1997) ISBN 978-1890318758
- The genesis of Kepler's theory of light: Light metaphysics from Plotinus to Kepler (1976) ASIN B00073BMM0
- God and Nature (editor, with Ronald Numbers) (1986) ISBN 978-0520055384
- Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution (editor, with Robert S. Westman) (1990) ISBN 978-0521348041
- The Beginnings of Western Science, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450 (1992) ISBN 978-0226482316
- Roger Bacon and the Origins of Perspectiva in the Middle Ages (1996) ISBN 978-0198239925
- When Science and Christianity Meet (editor, with Ronald Numbers) (2003) ISBN 978-0226482149
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Categories:
- Northwestern University alumni
- Indiana University alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
- American historians
- Historians of religion
- Historians of science
- Writers from Indiana
- Writers from Illinois
- Writers from Wisconsin
- 1935 births
- Living people
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