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The Light Ages The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

Seb Falk

Winner of the American Astronomical Society's 2025 Osterbrock Book Prize Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As m...

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The Rest Is History

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Seb Falk's book was praised as a fascinating, highly recommended work that offered a nuanced view of medieval science, prompting the hosts to recommend it to listeners.

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We need someone who's written a book called The Light Ages.

— Episode: 112. Medieval Science

Episode: 112. Medieval Science

Seb Falk's book was praised as a fascinating, highly recommended work that offered a nuanced view of medieval science, prompting the hosts to recommend it to listeners.

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We need someone who's written a book called The Light Ages.

As you kind of tease out in your fabulous book, which I strongly recommend to anyone who's interested in the subject, even if you're not, you'll find it incredibly interesting.

Your book The Light Ages is great; I read it in proof and then I read it again yesterday to prepare for this and I enjoyed it just as much the second time as the first.

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It was written to challenge the common misconception that the Middle Ages were a period with little to no scientific advancement, instead presenting a more nuanced view of the era's scientific discoveries and achievements.

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The Light Ages, the surprising story of medieval science

— Episode: Cosmic Queries – Medieval Science and Hi...

Episode: Cosmic Queries – Medieval Science and History

It was written to challenge the common misconception that the Middle Ages were a period with little to no scientific advancement, instead presenting a more nuanced view of the era's scientific discoveries and achievements.

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The Light Ages, the surprising story of medieval science

Yes, that's why I felt I had to write this book.

And it's also why I wrote the book in the way I did because what I don't do is say you've got to take my word for it because who's going to take my word for it?

I walk people through. So I say this is how you multiply Roman numerals. It's not as difficult as you might think.

The Light Ages. See what he did there? The Light Ages, the surprising story of medieval science coming out just this year, 2020.

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