David C. Lindberg is an American historian of science. He is the Hilldale Professor Emeritus of History of Science and Adjunct Member, Institute for Research in the Humanities, at the University of Wisconsin. Lindberg holds a degree in physics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science from Indiana University. His main work is in the history of medieval and early modern science, especially physical science and the relationship between science and religion. Professor Lindberg is the author of more than 30 books, having received numerous grants and awards from prestigious organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the History of Science Society, the Medieval Academy of America, and the University of Wisconsin.^[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. The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density Physics (Greek: (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the branch of science concerned with the discovery and characterization of universal laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... The history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. ... Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. ... The history of science in the Middle Ages refers to the discoveries in the field of natural philosophy throughout the Middle Ages - the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history. ... Science and Religion are portrayed to be in harmony in the Tiffany window Education (1890). ... The logo of the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. ... The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Pub. ... The History of Science Society (HSS) is the primary professional society for the academic study of the history of science, founded in 1924 by George Sarton. ... Ronald Numbers Ronald L. Numbers (born 1942) is an American historian of science who received his Ph. ...

Selected publications

• John Pecham and the Science of Optics: Perspectiva Communis (1970) ISBN 978-0299057305
• John Pecham: Tractatus De Perspectiva (1972) ISBN 978-1576590515
• 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
• Discourse of Light from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment (with Geoffery Cantor) (1985) ISBN 978-9991426914
• The genesis of Kepler's theory of light: Light metaphysics from Plotinus to Kepler (1986) 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

Notes

1. ^ http://www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/pub_progs_dl_Lindberg.html

External links

• Academic homepage
• Beyond War and Peace: A Reappraisal of the Encounter between Christianity and Science