Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop.
Read Tom’s full version of the Ordered Universe Conversation article written in tandem with our presentation at the Cheltenham Science Festival. The transmission of ideas between cultures within the ancient and medieval periods, as well as within the modern, are key aspects to the whole project. They are also very sensitive and difficult phenomena to identify, let alone measure and assess. A combination of very broad brush-strokes and very detailed work is necessary. So, for example, the notion that Islamic science stopped in the twelfth century should be completely overturned, as should the general notion of western medieval scientific thinking as in thrall to the dictates of religious dogma. We do this both in the round and in detail!