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James Hannam

James Hannam is the author of God’s Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science (Icon, 2009) which was shortlisted for the 2010 Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

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In defence of God’s Philosophers

Historian James Hannam responds to Charles Freeman's critique of his book on the medieval foundations of modern science, which was nominated for the Royal Society's prize for science books

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