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Claire Barnes Aug 17, 2024

@sapiens I didn't know there's a patron saint for natural scientists! & just discovered this link to a very promising book review: https://masto.ai/@markrstoll/110709849436267837
#13thCentury #philosopher #AlbertusMagnus #Dominican #DoctorOfTheChurch #TIL #PatronSaint #scientists @medievodons @bookstodon

Mark Stoll (@[email protected])

A #review of #AlbertusMagnus and the World of #Nature, by Irven M. Resnick and Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr.: "a world of resources that should provide fodder for the next generation of scholarship." https://readingreligion.org/9781789145137/

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Claire Barnes Aug 17, 2024

@sapiens Two more interesting reviews - I've ordered! 🙏 for intro.
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/12-may/books-arts/book-reviews/albertus-magnus-and-the-world-of-nature-by-irven-m-resnick-and-kenneth-f-kitchell-jr
https://thomistica.net/book-reviews/https/thomisticanet/quaestiones-url/albertus-magnus-world-of-nature
#BookReview #biography #AlbertusMagnus

Albertus Magnus and the World of Nature by Irven M. Resnick and Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr

Andrew Davison reads an account of the work of St Albert the Great

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Claire Barnes

@sapiens & another - extraordinary experiments & stories!
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n23/barbara-newman/boots-the-bishop

Barbara Newman · Boots the Bishop: Albert the Magnificent

His interest in alchemy was the chief reason that his canonisation was so long delayed: it inspired a rich store of...

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