Forging the methodology that enlightened modern civilization / Richard H. Schlagel.

New York : Peter Lang, [2011], ©2011.

xi, 162 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Our Greek heritage including Plotinus -- Decline of scientific inquiry in the Medieval period and the Arabic revival -- The early scholastics and their revisions of Aristotle's philosophy -- Contributions of Grosseteste and later scholastics -- Copernicus, Kepler, and Gilbert -- Galileo -- The divergent philosophies of Bacon and Descartes -- Newton's incomparable achievements.