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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Brown, Nancy Marie.     Subjects     Sylvester II, Pope, approximately 945-1003.     Religion and science -- History -- To 1500.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brown, Nancy Marie.       by title:      The abacus and the c...         MARC Display

The abacus and the cross : the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages / Nancy Marie Brown. by Brown, Nancy Marie. New York : Basic Books, c2010. Subjects Sylvester II, Pope, approximately 945-1003.   Religion and science -- History -- To 1500. ISBN:  9780465009503 (alk. paper) : 0465009506 (alk. paper) Description:  vii, 310 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. Contents:  A 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  Traces 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 270.3092 Sylvester II Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 270.3092 Sylvester II Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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