...as professor of the history and philosophy of medieval sci- ence in the University of Toronto, I was fully aware of the dreadful dearth of serious studies, particularly in English, about Albert, the most influential scientist of the Middle Ages. To most moderns he is known simply as the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas, if he is known at all. For some reason, contemporary medievalists west of the Rhine have bypassed his unsuspected influence not only on the thirteenth century, but on at least four subsequent centuries. I therefore felt constrained to do something constructive to fill this lacuna in the history of medieval science. - [Preface]

Language: English